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@article{desai_98_tubulin, abstract = {The microtubule cytoskeleton has lagged nearly a decade behind the actin cytoskeleton with respect to structural information on the basic polymer subunit. This structural inferiority complex has finally been lifted by two recent papers describing the structures of the alpha beta tubulin dimer and FtsZ, a protein similar to tubulin that is essential for cell division in prokaryotes.}, address = {Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Arshad\_Desai@hms.harvard.edu}, author = {Desai, A. and Mitchison, T. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {2972504}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199807)20:7<523::AID-BIES1>3.0.CO;2-L}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9722999}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=9722999}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199807)20:7<523::AID-BIES1>3.0.CO;2-L}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199807)20:7<523::AID-BIES1>3.0.CO;2-L}, doi = {10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199807)20:7<523::AID-BIES1>3.0.CO;2-L}, issn = {0265-9247}, journal = {BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology}, keywords = {disease, drug, evolution, review, structure}, month = {July}, number = {7}, pages = {523--527}, posted-at = {2008-07-08 13:34:13}, priority = {0}, title = {Tubulin and FtsZ structures: functional and therapeutic implications.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199807)20:7<523::AID-BIES1>3.0.CO;2-L}, volume = {20}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - desai_98_tubulin L3 - citeulike-article-id:2972504 N2 - The microtubule cytoskeleton has lagged nearly a decade behind the actin cytoskeleton with respect to structural information on the basic polymer subunit. This structural inferiority complex has finally been lifted by two recent papers describing the structures of the alpha beta tubulin dimer and FtsZ, a protein similar to tubulin that is essential for cell division in prokaryotes. IS - 7 JF - BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology SN - 0265-9247 AD - Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Arshad_Desai@hms.harvard.edu EP - 527 TI - Tubulin and FtsZ structures: functional and therapeutic implications. VL - 20 SP - 523 KW - disease KW - drug KW - evolution KW - review KW - structure AU - Desai, A AU - Mitchison, TJ PY - 1998/July// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199807)20:7<523::AID-BIES1>3.0.CO;2-L ER -