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Title The role of microtubules in cell biology, neurobiology, and oncology / edited by Tito Fojo
Published Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 587 pages, 38 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portrait
Series Cancer drug discovery and development
Cancer drug discovery and development.
Contents An Overview of Compounds That Interact with Tubulin and Their Effects on Microtubule Assembly -- Molecular Mechanisms of Microtubule Acting Cancer Drugs -- Microtubule Dynamics -- Microtubule-Associated Proteins and Microtubule-Interacting Proteins -- The Post-Translational Modifications of Tubulin -- The Isotypes of Tubulin -- The Tubulin Superfamily -- Tubulin Proteomics in Cancer -- Tubulin and Microtubule Structures -- Destabilizing Agents -- Molecular Features of the Interaction of Colchicine and Related Structures with Tubulin -- Antimicrotubule Agents That Bind Covalently to Tubulin -- Microtubule Stabilizing Agents -- Mechanisms of Resistance to Drugs That Interfere with Microtubule Assembly -- Resistance to Microtubule-Targeting Drugs -- Microtubule Stabilizing Agents in Clinical Oncology -- Investigational Anticancer Agents Targeting the Microtubule -- Microtubule Damaging Agents and Apoptosis -- Microtubule Targeting Agents and the Tumor Vasculature -- Neurodegenerative Diseases -- Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Microtubule Associated Protein Tau
Summary The family of proteins called the tubulin and the microtubules they form when they aggregate are extremely important in the cell and, as we are increasingly learning, important in diseases that afflict so many. This field of investigation is a testament to how important both basic and clinical sciences are in understanding disease mechanisms and making inroads into therapies. Microtubule Targets in Cancer Therapy presents the first comprehensive exploration of the dynamic potential of microtubules anti-cancer targets. Written by leading anti-cancer researchers, this groundbreaking volume collects the most current microtubule research available. Among the topics examined in this volume are compounds that interact with tubulin, mechanisms and regulation by microtubule-associated proteins and drugs, MAPs, the tubulin superfamily its isotopes, peptides and depsipeptides, and neurodegenerative diseases. Without the basic scientific knowledge that has been accumulated - to which the contributors of this work have contributed greatly - we would not be in the position we find ourselves as we increasingly understand disease and advancing therapies. Microtubule Targets in Cancer Therapy contributes to this new knowledge, and the text will be an invaluable resource for cancer researchers, oncologists, pharmacologists, and medical chemists
Analysis chemie
chemistry
geneeskunde
medicine
farmacologie
pharmacology
toxicologie
toxicology
neoplasms
oncologie
oncology
biomedische wetenschappen
biomedicine
Medicine (General)
Geneeskunde (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Microtubules.
Cancer -- Chemotherapy.
Neurobiology.
Cytology.
Microtubules
Neoplasms -- drug therapy
Cell Biology
Neurobiology
Cytology
MEDICAL -- Oncology.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
Neoplasms -- drug therapy.
Nervous System Diseases -- drug therapy.
Neurobiology -- methods.
Microtubules.
Cancer -- Chemotherapy.
Neurobiology.
Cytology.
Microtubules -- physiology.
Cytological Techniques.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Cancer -- Chemotherapy
Cytology
Microtubules
Neurobiology
Form Electronic book
Author Fojo, Antonio Tito, 1952-
ISBN 9781597453363
1597453366
9781588292940
1588292940