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. 1970 Jan;65(1):129–136. doi: 10.1073/pnas.65.1.129

Isolation of Microtubule Protein from Cultured Mouse Neuroblastoma Cells

J B Olmsted 1, K Carlson 1, R Klebe 1, F Ruddle 1, Joel Rosenbaum 1
PMCID: PMC286201  PMID: 5263744

Abstract

The addition of vinblastine to high-speed supernatants derived from homogenates of cultured mouse neuroblastoma cells results in the formation of a precipitate which has been characterized as microtubule protein by the following criteria: colchicine-binding activity, molecular weight, amino acid composition, and electrophoretic mobility. The method therefore permits the rapid isolation of microtubule protein from crude supernatants of neuroblastoma cells.

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