title: Towards elucidating the tubulin code.
abstract: Genetically encoded and post-translationally generated variations of tubulin C-terminal tails give rise to extensive heterogeneity of the microtubule cytoskeleton. The generation of different tubulin variants in yeast now demonstrates how single amino-acid differences or post-translational modifications can modulate the behaviour of selected molecular motors.
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, Department of Signalling, Neurobiology and Cancer, CNRS UMR 3306/INSERM U1005, Bat 110, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Annemarie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wehenkel
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, Department of Signalling, Neurobiology and Cancer, CNRS UMR 3306/INSERM U1005, Bat 110, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Janke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008868:Microtubule Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000235:genetics*; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008868:Microtubule Proteins; D014404:Tubulin; D016547:Kinesins