Class III β-tubulin in human development and cancer

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-96

  Katsetos, Christos D ^a,b   Herman, Mary M ^c   Mörk, Sverre J ^d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cell distribution; Class III tubulin; Development; Glia; Neurons

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CLASS III BETA TUBULIN; ISOPROTEIN; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; NEURONS; STEM CELLS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0037764082     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.10116     Document Type: Review

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