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CYTOPLASMIC tubulin displays a wide range of polymorphism, including small sheets1 and rings or spirals2. We report here several new structures. One of the most interesting aggregates is a hoop which has a triplet substructure and arrangement of the tubulin dimer, similar to that found in flagellar B tubules.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, FGR

    EVA-MARIA MANDELKOW & ECKHARD MANDELKOW

  2. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK

    NIGEL UNWIN

  3. Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 02154

    CAROLYN COHEN

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MANDELKOW, EM., MANDELKOW, E., UNWIN, N. et al. Tubulin hoops. Nature 265, 655–657 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/265655a0

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