An in vitro study of the role of β-boswellic acid in the microtubule assembly dynamics

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 4132-4138

  Karima, Oveis ^a   Riazi, Gholamhossein ^a   Khodadadi, Sirus ^a   Yousefi, Reza ^b   Mahnam, Karim ^c   Mokhtari, Farzad ^a   Cheraghi, Tayebe ^a   Hoveizi, Elham ^d   Moosavi Movahedi, Ali Akbar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boswellic acid; Assembly dynamic; Critical concentration; Microtubule; Molecular simulation

Indexed keywords

BETA BOSWELLIC ACID; BOSWELLIC ACID; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BOSWELLIA; CATTLE; MICROTUBULES; TRITERPENES; TUBULIN;

BOSWELLIA;

EID: 84869490659     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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