Arrangement of subunits in microtubules with 14 profilaments

The structure of 14-protofilament microtubules reassembled from dogfish shark brain tubulin was analyzed by high resolution electron microscopy and optical diffraction. The simultaneous imaging of the protofilaments from near and far sides of these tubules produces a moire pattern with a period of a...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1980
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2110760/