Preparation and properties of pure tubulin S

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-71

  Knipling, Leslie ^a   Hwang, Jennifer ^a   Wolff, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical concentration; Limited proteolysis; Microtubule bundles; Subtilisin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; CALCIUM; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; PACLITAXEL; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; S TUBULIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBTILISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DIMERIZATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MICROTUBULES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; SUBTILISINS; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0032961471     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1999)43:1<63::AID-CM7>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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