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Comparison of the microtubule proteins of neuroblastoma cells, brain, and Chlamydomonas flagella.

Olmsted JB, Witman GB, Carlson K, Rosenbaum JL

Abstract

Intact A microtubules isolated from outer doublet microtubules of Chlamydomonas flagella contain two separable proteins (tubulins) that differ in molecular weight and in amino-acid composition. The microtubule protein isolated from brain or neuroblastoma cells also has two electrophoretically distinct tubulins. Although the two tubulins of brain and neuroblastoma cells are electrophoretically similar to each other, only one of these tubulins migrates with the flagellar tubulins. This is the first evidence that (a) isolated, morphologically intact, single microtubules from flagella contain at least two different tubulins, and (b) at least one of these tubulins differs from tubulins that are isolated from other sources.

MeSH Terms
Animals Autoradiography Brain Chemistry Carbon Isotopes Chlamydomonas/analysis Chlorophyta/analysis Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose Densitometry Electrophoresis, Disc Flagella/analysis Microscopy, Electron Microtubules/analysis Molecular Weight Neoplasm Proteins/analysis Nerve Tissue Proteins/analysis Neuroblastoma/metabolism Proteins/analysis Swine Tritium
Chemicals
Carbon Isotopes Neoplasm Proteins Nerve Tissue Proteins Proteins Tritium
Authors & Affiliations
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Olmsted J B
Witman G B
Carlson K
Rosenbaum J L
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
Published
1971-09-00
Pages
2273-7
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC389399
Subset
IM
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