Microtubule drugs: Action, selectivity, and resistance across the kingdoms of life

Protoplasma

Volumn 251, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 991-1005

  Dostal V ^a   Libusova L ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Dinitroanilines; Microtubule drugs; Paclitaxel; Tubulin mutations; Vinblastine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA;

TAXOID; TUBULIN; TUBULIN MODULATOR; VINCA ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FUNGI; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAXOIDS; TUBULIN; TUBULIN MODULATORS; VINCA ALKALOIDS;

EID: 84905682364     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-014-0633-0     Document Type: Review

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