Effect of electromagnetic field on the polymerization of microtubules extracted from rat brain

Recent Patents on Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Drug Discovery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-254

  Taghi, Mousavi ^a   Gholamhosein, Riazi ^b   Saeed, Rezayi Zarchi ^a  

^a PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field; Microtubules; Polymerization; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; HETERODIMER; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MICROTUBULES; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUBULIN;

EID: 84866639151     PISSN: 18722148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187221412802481757     Document Type: Article

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