An electron microscopy journey in the study of microtubule structure and dynamics

Protein Science

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1912-1919

  Nogales, Eva ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cryo EM; dynamic instability; GTP; microtubules

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

CELL STRUCTURE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TUBULIN;

EID: 84952801028     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2808     Document Type: Review

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