Monastrol, a selective inhibitor of the mitotic kinesin Eg5, induces a distinctive growth profile of dendrites and axons in primary cortical neuron cultures

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 181-190

  Yoon, Seung Yong ^a   Choi, Jung Eun ^a   Huh, Jae Wan ^a   Hwang, Onyou ^a   Lee, Hui Sun ^a   Hong, Hea Nam ^a   Kim, Donghou ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer; Microtubule organization; Motor molecule; MTOC; Neuronal process; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; KINESIN; KINESIN EG5; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MONASTROL; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; DENDRITES; KINESIN; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; THIONES;

EID: 22244451983     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20057     Document Type: Article

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