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Cell context-specific effects of the beta-tubulin glycylation domain on assembly and size of microtubular organelles.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Sept 2004
Thazhath Rupal, Jerka-Dziadosz Maria, Duan Jianming, Wloga Dorota, Gorovsky Martin A, Frankel Joseph, Gaertig Jacek
Abstract excerpt
Tubulin glycylation is a posttranslational modification found in cells with cilia or flagella. The ciliate Tetrahymena has glycylation on ciliary and cortical microtubules. We showed previously that mutating three glycylation sites on beta-tubulin produces immotile 9 + 0 axonemes and inhibits cytokinesis. Here, we use an inducible glycylation domain mutation and epitope tagging to evaluate the potential of...
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