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tubulin /tu·bu·lin/ (too´bu-lin) the constituent protein of microtubules.
tu·bu·lin (tby-ln)
n.
A globular protein that is the structural constituent of microtubules.

tubulin [too´bu-lin]
the constituent protein of microtubules; thought to be involved in phagocyte motility.

tubulin
the constituent protein of microtubules of cells which provide a skeleton for maintaining cell shape and is thought to be involved in cell motility.

α-tubulin
with β-tubulins contributes to the heterodimer tubulin, the building blocks of the electron microscopically visible cell components, the microtubules.
β-tubulin
one of the monomeric globular proteins which associate to form the dimer, α,β-tubulin, the basis of microfilaments.


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According to Bais, the mesoxalic acid triggers a similar "cellular death cascade" in victim plants as gallic acid does, destroying the tubulin and actin, the structural protein in the roots, within minutes of exposure.
00 Hardcover RS403 Lednicer has been a chemist and pharmaceutical scientist for Upjohn, Mead Johnson, Adria Laboratories and the National Cancer Institute, and he has expanded the second edition of this textbook on organic drug synthesis and design to include new substances such as Tubulin inhibitors, antimalarial arteflene, Neuraminidase Antivirals and COX-2 Inhibitor NSAIDs.
Finally, treatment of the cells with PLE prevented UV-induced morphological changes in human fibroblasts, namely disorganisation of F-actin-based cytoskeletal structures, coalescence of the tubulin cytoskeleton and mislocalization of adhesion molecules such as cadherins and integrins.
 
 
 
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