Intrinsically disordered tubulin tails: Complex tuners of microtubule functions?

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-19

  Roll Mecak, Antonina ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush polymer; Intrinsically disordered proteins; Microtubule; Molecular motors; Post translational modification; Tubulin tyrosine ligase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIMER; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEIN; KINESIN 1; MOLECULAR MOTOR; POLYMER; SPASTIN; TUBULIN;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ACETYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TUBULIN;

EID: 84923857711     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.09.026     Document Type: Review

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