Lessons from in vitro reconstitution analyses of plant microtubule-associated proteins

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Hamada, Takahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Dynamic instability; In vitro reconstitution analysis; MAPs; Microtubule associated proteins; Microtubules; Plants; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907323223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00409     Document Type: Review

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