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1995 • 851 citations

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1991 • 544 citations

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1995 • 531 citations

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1995 • 530 citations

Bacterial cell division protein FtsZ assembles into protofilament sheets and minirings, structural homologs of tubulin polymers.

1996 • 452 citations

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1972 • 309 citations

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1995 • 286 citations

Microtubules from Mammalian Brain: Some Properties of Their Depolymerization Products and a Proposed Mechanism of Assembly and Disassembly

1974 • 200 citations

A β-tubulin mutation in Aspergillus nidulans that blocks microtubule function without blocking assembly

1981 • 184 citations

Localization of an Exchangeable GTP BZinding Site at the Plus End of Microtubules

1993 • 180 citations

The kinetics of microtubule assembly. Evidence for a two-stage nucleation mechanism.

1984 • 179 citations

Recombinant kinesin motor domain binds to beta-tubulin and decorates microtubules with a B surface lattice.

1993 • 150 citations

Direct visualization of the microtubule lattice seam both in vitro and in vivo.

1994 • 137 citations

Gamma-tubulin can both nucleate microtubule assembly and self-assemble into novel tubular structures in mammalian cells.

1995 • 110 citations

The anatomy of flagellar microtubules: polarity, seam, junctions, and lattice.

1995 • 98 citations

The structure of microtubule ends during the elongation and shortening phases of dynamic instability examined by negative-stain electron microscopy

1990 • 94 citations

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1995 • 66 citations

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1973 • 65 citations

Microtubule Minus Ends can be Labelled with a Phage Display Antibody Specific to Alpha-Tubulin

1996 • 63 citations

Re-examination of the Polarity of Microtubules and Sheets Decorated with Kinesin Motor Domain

1995 • 48 citations

Identification of two new members of the tubulin family

1995 • 35 citations

A nice ring to the centrosome

1995 • 35 citations

The substructure of ciliary microtubules

1973 • 15 citations