Electrostatic contributions to colchicine binding within tubulin isotypes

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-364

  Huzil, John Torin ^a   Barakat, Khaled ^a   Tuszynski, Jack A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

APBS; Colchicine; Electrostatics; Microtubule; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ANTITUMOR DRUGS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTIONS; CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS; COLCHICINE; COLCHICINE BINDING; DRUG BINDING; ELECTROSTATIC CONTRIBUTIONS; ELECTROSTATIC PROPERTIES; HOMOLOGY MODELS; MICROTUBULE DYNAMICS; MICROTUBULES;

BINDING ENERGY; CELL DEATH; DISSOCIATION;

ELECTROSTATICS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COLCHICINE; ISOPROTEIN; TUBULIN; TUBULIN MODULATOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; COLCHICINE; HUMANS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TUBULIN; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 73349090931     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15368370903206606     Document Type: Article

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