A protein factor essential for microtubule assembly.
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A protein factor essential for microtubule assembly.
A heat stable protein essentail for microtubule assembly has been isolated. This protein, which we designate tau (tau), is present in association with tubulin purified from porcine brain by repeated cycles of polymerization. Tau is separated from tubulin by ion exchange chromatography on phosphocellulose. In the absence of tau, tubulin exists entirely as a 6S dimer of two polypeptide chains (al...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.72.5.1858