Analysis of purified tubulin in high concentration of glutamate for application in high throughput screening for microtubule-stabilizing agents

Assay and Drug Development Technologies

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 621-628

  Dong, Hui ^a   Li, Yue Zhong ^a   Hu, Wei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EPOTHILONE A; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MICROTUBULE INHIBITOR; MICROTUBULE STABILIZING AGENT; STABILIZING AGENT; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; POLYMERS; TUBULIN;

EID: 14644432531     PISSN: 1540658X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/adt.2004.2.621     Document Type: Article

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