Alterations in number of protofilaments in microtubules assembled in vitro.
Authors:
- G B PiersonGPG B Pierson
- P R BurtonPBP R Burton
- R H HimesRHR H Himes
Open Access
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in Journal of Cell Biology
- Vol. 76 (1) , 223-228
Abstract
Tubulin from bovine brain was polymerized in vitro using a variety of assembly conditions. Many of the formed microtubules were shown to contain 14 wall protofilaments. The number of microtubules containing 14 protofilaments increased with consecutive repetitions of cold-dissociation followed by reassembly in vitro.Keywords
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