Effects of β-sitosterol on microtubular systems in cervical cancer cells

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 86, Issue 39, 2006, Pages 2771-2775

  Wang, Li ^a   Yang, Yang Jie ^b   Chen, Song Hua ^b   Ge, Xi Rui ^b   Xu, Cong Jian ^b   Gui, Sui Qi ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

sitosterol; Cervical cancer; Microtubule; Microtubule associated protein 2; Microtubule polymerization

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; SITOSTEROL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DOWN REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; SITOSTEROLS; TUBULIN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845872547     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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