Control of microtubule organization and dynamics: Two ends in the limelight

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 711-726

  Akhmanova, Anna ^a   Steinmetz, Michel O ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; END TRACKING PROTEIN 1; LIGAND; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XMAP215 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TUBULIN; TUBULIN MODULATOR;

CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TUBULIN; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 84948115174     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm4084     Document Type: Review

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