Effect of hexamethylene bisacetamide (HMBA) on the microtubular system of Tetrahymena pyriformis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-264

  Kovacs P ^a   Pállinger, Éva ^b   Csaba, G ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acetylated tubulin; Cytoskeleton; Flutax 1; HMBA; Tetrahymena; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; HEXAMETHYLENEBISACETAMIDE; TUBULIN;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 37349034926     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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