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. 1971 Oct 1;51(1):138–147. doi: 10.1083/jcb.51.1.138

MICROTUBULE PROTEIN

Identification in and Transport to Nerve Endings

Howard Feit 1, Gary R Dutton 1, Samuel H Barondes 1, Michael L Shelanski 1
PMCID: PMC2108248  PMID: 5111874

Abstract

The subunit protein of microtubules, tubulin, has been demonstrated to be present in isolated nerve endings by gel electrophoresis, amino acid composition, and peptide mapping. The tubulin constitutes approximately 28% of the soluble protein of the nerve endings. The transport of tubulin to the nerve endings has been demonstrated and its relationship to slow transport is discussed.

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