Functional assays to identify and characterize regulators of microtubule behavior

BioTechniques

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 870-876

  McMeekan, John ^a   Wadsworth, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; RHODAMINE; TUBULIN; VINBLASTINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AXONEME; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; SWINE; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0031922970     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/98245rr04     Document Type: Article

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