Dinitroanilines Bind α-Tubulin to Disrupt Microtubules

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1960-1968

  Morrissette, Naomi S ^a,b   Mitra, Arpita ^a   Sept, David ^a   Sibley, L David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; DINITROANILINE; ORYZALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOZOON; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATTLE; COCCIDIOSTATS; DINITROBENZENES; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFANILAMIDES; TOXOPLASMA; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642546217     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-07-0530     Document Type: Article

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