Microtubules in Bacteria: Ancient Tubulins Build a Five-Protofilament Homolog of the Eukaryotic Cytoskeleton

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Martin Pilhofer ,

* E-mail: jensen@caltech.edu (GJJ); martin-pilhofer@web.de (MP)

Affiliations California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Division of Biology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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Mark S. Ladinsky,

Affiliation California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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Alasdair W. McDowall,

Affiliation California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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Giulio Petroni,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Grant J. Jensen

* E-mail: jensen@caltech.edu (GJJ); martin-pilhofer@web.de (MP)

Affiliations California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Division of Biology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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