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TUBB1
Introduction
TUBB1 is a gene that codes for the protein Tubulin beta-1 chain in humans.[1]
Further reading
Further reading
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- Deloukas P, Matthews LH, Ashurst J, et al. (2002). “The DNA sequence and comparative analysis of human chromosome 20”. Nature. 414 (6866): 865–71. doi:10.1038/414865a. PMID 11780052.
- Andersen JS, Lyon CE, Fox AH, et al. (2002). “Directed proteomic analysis of the human nucleolus”. Curr. Biol. 12 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00650-9. PMID 11790298.
- Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). “Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
- Chen D, Wang M, Zhou S, Zhou Q (2004). “HIV-1 Tat targets microtubules to induce apoptosis, a process promoted by the pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 relative Bim”. EMBO J. 21 (24): 6801–10. doi:10.1093/emboj/cdf683. PMC 139103. PMID 12486001.
- Gevaert K, Goethals M, Martens L, et al. (2004). “Exploring proteomes and analyzing protein processing by mass spectrometric identification of sorted N-terminal peptides”. Nat. Biotechnol. 21 (5): 566–9. doi:10.1038/nbt810. PMID 12665801.
- Yanagida M, Hayano T, Yamauchi Y, et al. (2004). “Human fibrillarin forms a sub-complex with splicing factor 2-associated p32, protein arginine methyltransferases, and tubulins alpha 3 and beta 1 that is independent of its association with preribosomal ribonucleoprotein complexes”. J. Biol. Chem. 279 (3): 1607–14. doi:10.1074/jbc.M305604200. PMID 14583623.
- Dou Z, Ding X, Zereshki A, et al. (2004). “TTK kinase is essential for the centrosomal localization of TACC2”. FEBS Lett. 572 (1–3): 51–6. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2004.06.092. PMID 15304323.
- Schulze H, Korpal M, Bergmeier W, et al. (2005). “Interactions between the megakaryocyte/platelet-specific beta1 tubulin and the secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor SLPI suggest a role for regulated proteolysis in platelet functions”. Blood. 104 (13): 3949–57. doi:10.1182/blood-2004-03-1179. PMID 15315966.
- Campbell GR, Pasquier E, Watkins J, et al. (2005). “The glutamine-rich region of the HIV-1 Tat protein is involved in T-cell apoptosis”. J. Biol. Chem. 279 (46): 48197–204. doi:10.1074/jbc.M406195200. PMID 15331610.
- Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). “The Status, Quality, and Expansion of the NIH Full-Length cDNA Project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)”. Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
- de Mareuil J, Carre M, Barbier P, et al. (2006). “HIV-1 Tat protein enhances Microtubule polymerization”. Retrovirology. 2: 5. doi:10.1186/1742-4690-2-5. PMCÂ 549075. PMIDÂ 15691386.
- Giacca M (2006). “HIV-1 Tat, apoptosis and the mitochondria: a tubulin link?”. Retrovirology. 2: 7. doi:10.1186/1742-4690-2-7. PMCÂ 549042. PMIDÂ 15698476.
- Freson K, De Vos R, Wittevrongel C, et al. (2005). “The TUBB1 Q43P functional polymorphism reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in men by modulating platelet function and structure”. Blood. 106 (7): 2356–62. doi:10.1182/blood-2005-02-0723. PMID 15956286.
- Mesquita B, Veiga I, Pereira D, et al. (2006). “No significant role for beta tubulin mutations and mismatch repair defects in ovarian cancer resistance to paclitaxel/cisplatin”. BMC Cancer. 5: 101. doi:10.1186/1471-2407-5-101. PMCÂ 1199587. PMIDÂ 16095531.
- Coiras M, Camafeita E, Ureña T, et al. (2006). “Modifications in the human T cell proteome induced by intracellular HIV-1 Tat protein expression”. Proteomics. 6 Suppl 1: S63–73. doi:10.1002/pmic.200500437. PMID 16526095.
- Navarro-Núñez L, Lozano ML, Rivera J, et al. (2007). “The association of the beta1-tubulin Q43P polymorphism with intracerebral hemorrhage in men”. Haematologica. 92 (4): 513–8. doi:10.3324/haematol.10689. PMID 17488662.