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- noun Plural form of
protofilament .
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Examples
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In most species of bacteria the flagellar filament is formed of 11 'protofilaments', the flagellin subunits of which are arranged to form nearly longitudinal helical arrays.
R&D Mag - News 2010
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One of the 11 protofilaments is colored blue for the L-type and red for the R-type.
R&D Mag - News 2010
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Motor reversal switches the structure between left-handed and right-handed helical shapes, involving different combinations 'L-type' and 'R-type' protofilaments.
R&D Mag - News 2010
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A new electron microscopy study shows how the interactions between individual protofilaments account for these properties.
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Kinesin binds to microtubules and uses ATP hydolysis to walk along tubulin protofilaments An overview of the two basic components of this system: Microtubules Kinesin Microtubules are a key component of the system: kinesin does not move or catalyze ATP hydrolysis in absence of MTs Goldstein Lab
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Microtubules can be reliably polymerized in vitro In living cells, predominant form of MTs have 13 protofilaments (PFs) In vitro "reassembly" of microtubules was possible by the early
Recently Uploaded Slideshows skoch3 2009
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Kinesin binds to microtubules and uses ATP hydolysis to walk along tubulin protofilaments An overview of the two basic components of this system: Microtubules Kinesin Goldstein Lab
Recently Uploaded Slideshows skoch3 2009
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