Relating molecular flexibility to function: A case study of tubulin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 663-680

  Keskin, Ozlem ^a,b,e   Durell, Stewart R ^c   Bahar, Ivet ^d   Jernigan, Robert L ^b   Covell, David G ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; DOCETAXEL; TUBULIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PACLITAXEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DATA BASE; DIMERIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BINDING SITES; DATABASES; DIMERIZATION; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TUBULIN;

EID: 0035996975     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75199-0     Document Type: Article

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