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Initiation of brain tubulin assembly by a high molecular weight flagellar protein factor.

The Journal of cell biology ·Vol. 71 ·No. 1 ·1976-10-00 ·Pages 322-31

Bloodgood RA, Rosenbaum JL

Abstract

A protein factor found within the flagella of Chlamydomonas and sea urchin sperm is capable of stimulating the initiation of calf and chick brain tubulin dimer assembly in vitro.

MeSH Terms
Animals Brain/metabolism Cattle Chickens Chlamydomonas Flagella Glycoproteins/metabolism Male Microtubules Plant Proteins/pharmacology Proteins/pharmacology Sea Urchins Sperm Tail Temperature Tubulin/metabolism
Chemicals
Glycoproteins Plant Proteins Proteins Tubulin
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Bloodgood R A
Rosenbaum J L
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of cell biology
Abbr.
J Cell Biol
ISSN
0021-9525
DOI
10.1083/jcb.71.1.322
Published
1976-10-00
Pages
322-31
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0375356
PMCID
PMC2109743
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1083/jcb.71.1.322 PMC Full Text View journal details
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