Simulations of tubulin sheet polymers as possible structural intermediates in microtubule assembly.

The microtubule assembly process has been extensively studied, but the underlying molecular mechanism remains poorly understood. The structure of an artificially generated sheet polymer that alternates two types of lateral contacts and that directly converts into microtubules, has been proposed to c...

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Main Authors: Zhanghan Wu, Hong-Wei Wang, Weihua Mu, Zhongcan Ouyang, Eva Nogales, Jianhua Xing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2752796?pdf=render