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. 1978 Jan;76(1):223-8.
doi: 10.1083/jcb.76.1.223.

Alterations in number of protofilaments in microtubules assembled in vitro

G B Pierson, P R Burton, R H Himes

Alterations in number of protofilaments in microtubules assembled in vitro

G B Pierson et al. J Cell Biol. 1978 Jan.

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.

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