N-terminus of MAP2C as a neurosteroid-binding site

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1529-1533

  Mizota, Kaori ^a   Ueda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kinetics; MAP2; Neurosteroid; Steroid binding site; Tubulin assembly

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; TUBULIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEROID BINDING;

BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MUTANT PROTEINS; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TUBULIN;

EID: 53549128095     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328310fe97     Document Type: Article

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