Genetically separable functions of the MEC-17 tubulin acetyltransferase affect microtubule organization

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1057-1065

  Topalidou, Irini ^a   Keller, Charles ^a   Kalebic, Nereo ^b   Nguyen, Ken C Q ^c   Somhegyi, Hannah ^a   Politi, Kristin A ^c   Heppenstall, Paul ^b   Hall, David H ^c   Chalfie, Martin ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; MEC 12 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEC 17 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEC-12 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEC-17 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TUBULIN;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; MECHANORECEPTOR; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETYLATION; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; COLCHICINE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; MUTATION; TUBULIN;

EID: 84862690126     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.066     Document Type: Article

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