Conformational changes in tubulin in GMPCPP and GDP-taxol microtubules observed by cryoelectron microscopy

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-322

  Yajima, Hiroaki ^a   Ogura, Toshihiko ^c   Nitta, Ryo ^a   Okada, Yasushi ^a,d   Sato, Chikara ^c   Hirokawa, Nobutaka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEDIPHOSPHONATE; GAMMA TUBULIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MEDRONIC ACID; PACLITAXEL; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SWINE; TUBULIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866447226     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201201161     Document Type: Article

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