Monastrol, a Prototype Anti-Cancer Drug That Inhibits a Mitotic Kinesin, Induces Rapid Bursts of Axonal Outgrowth from Cultured Postmitotic Neurons

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-16

  Haque, Saad A ^a   Hasaka, Thomas P ^a   Brooks, Ari D ^a   Lobanov, Pavel V ^a   Baas, Peter W ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Cancer; Eg5; Kinesin; Monastrol; Neuron; Taxol

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; KINESIN; MONASTROL; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EG5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME INHIBITORS; KINESIN; MITOSIS; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PACLITAXEL; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; THIONES;

EID: 2342618971     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.10176     Document Type: Article

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