Regulation of Microtubule Growth and Catastrophe: Unifying Theory and Experiment

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 769-779

  Bowne Anderson, Hugo ^a   Hibbel, Anneke ^b,c   Howard, Jonathon ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catastrophe; Cytoskeleton; Microtubule; Microtubule associated proteins

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; POLYMER; TUBULIN;

CELL GROWTH; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84951570143     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2015.08.009     Document Type: Review

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