Pregnenolone activates CLIP-170 to promote microtubule growth and cell migration

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 636-642

  Weng, Jui Hsia ^a,b   Liang, Ming Ren ^c   Chen, Chien Han ^c   Tong, Sok Keng ^b   Huang, Tzu Chiao ^c   Lee, Sue Ping ^b   Chen, Yet Ran ^d   Chen, Chao Tsen ^c   Chung, Bon Chu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOPHENONE; CLIP 170; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PREGNENOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONFORMATION; EMBRYO; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MICROTUBULE GROWTH; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POLYMERIZATION; PREGNENOLONE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84884533735     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1321     Document Type: Article

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