The polyglutamylated lateral chain of alpha-tubulin plays a key role in flagellar motility

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1545-1553

  Gagnon, Claude ^a   White, Daniel ^a   Cosson, Jacky ^b   Huitorel, Philippe ^b   Eddé, Bernard ^c   Desbruyères, Elisabeth ^c   Paturle Lafanechère, Laurence ^d   Multigner, Luc ^d   Job, Didier ^d   Cibert, Christian ^e  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^e INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Axonemal protein; Dinoflagellate; Glutamylation; Microtubule sliding; Sea urchin; Sperm motility; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; SUBTILISIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; BRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAGELLUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEA URCHIN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BLOCKING; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; SEA URCHINS; SPERM TAIL; TUBULIN;

EID: 8944241310     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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