Higher-order assembly of microtubules by counterions: From hexagonal bundles to living necklaces

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 101, Issue 46, 2004, Pages 16099-16103

  Needleman, Daniel J ^a,b   Ojeda Lopez, Miguel A ^a,b   Raviv, Uri ^a,b   Miller, Herbert P ^b   Wilson, Leslie ^b   Safinya, Cyrus R ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cation; Like charge attraction; X ray

Indexed keywords

CATION; DIVALENT CATION; POLYELECTROLYTE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SYNCHROTRON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CATIONS; CATTLE; ELECTROSTATICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TUBULIN; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 9244244156     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0406076101     Document Type: Article

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