Nonneural microtubule proteins: Structure and function

✍ Scribed by Thomas H. Macrae

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 711 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0265-9247
• DOI: 10.1002/bies.950060308

✦ Synopsis

Analysis of microtubule proteins from several sources has revealed a molecular complexity consistent with the proposed multi-functional nature of tubulin and microtubule-associated proteins (MAP).

Less certain is the actual range of functions attributable to microtubules and how the variability exhibited by the microtubule proteins translates into functional specijicity. In spite of the conceptual dificulties, an exciting picture of structurelfunction integration is emerg-

ing from the study of microtubules.