αβ-Tubulin and Microtubule-Binding Assays

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 777, Issue , 2011, Pages 87-97

  Campbell, Jaime N ^a,b   Slep, Kevin C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic microtubules; Gel filtration; Microtubule cosedimentation assay; Microtubule associated protein; Taxol; Tubulin; Tubulin binding protein

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN BINDING; SWINE; TUBULIN;

EID: 79960901864     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-252-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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