Microtubule structure and its stabilisation

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2153-2160

  Amos, Linda A ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIMERS; HYDROLYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MODULATION; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; STRAIN;

DESTABILIZATION; DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; DRUG MOLECULES; MICROTUBULES;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

COLCHICINE; DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TAU PROTEIN; TAXOID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG STABILITY; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

COLCHICINE; DRUG STABILITY; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; MICROTUBULES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TAU PROTEINS; TAXOIDS;

EID: 4344572092     PISSN: 14770520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b403634d     Document Type: Review

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