The APC Gene Product Associates with Microtubules in Vivo and Promotes Their Assembly in Vitro

Cancer Research

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 1994, Pages 3676-3681

  Munemitsu, Susan ^a   Souza, Brian ^a   Müller, Oliver ^a   Albert, Iris ^a   Rubinfeld, Bonnee ^a   Polakis, Paul ^a  

^a ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027930066     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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