"Tubulin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A microtubule subunit protein found in large quantities in mammalian brain. It has also been isolated from SPERM FLAGELLUM; CILIA; and other sources. Structurally, the protein is a dimer with a molecular weight of approximately 120,000 and a sedimentation coefficient of 5.8S. It binds to COLCHICINE; VINCRISTINE; and VINBLASTINE.
| Descriptor ID |
D014404
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.734.800 D12.776.220.600.800 D12.776.631.920
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