PROCESS FOR ASSESSING TUBULIN PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION

A method of determining tubulin protein polymerization activity in a test sample is disclosed. The method comprises: combining the test sample with a polymerizable tubulin protein; contacting said test sample and polymerizable tubulin protein with a material which traps polymerized tubulin protein;...

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Main Authors WOODS, CATHERINE, M, BOLLAG, DANIEL, M, LAZARIDES, ELIAS, MCQUENEY, PATRICIA, A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
Published 18.04.1996
Edition6
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Summary:A method of determining tubulin protein polymerization activity in a test sample is disclosed. The method comprises: combining the test sample with a polymerizable tubulin protein; contacting said test sample and polymerizable tubulin protein with a material which traps polymerized tubulin protein; measuring the amount of polymerised tubulin protein trapped by said material, and comparing the amount of polymerized tubulin protein trapped by said material to a standard. A method of determining tubulin protein polymerization inhibition in a test sample is also disclosed, which comprises: combining said test sample with a polymerizable tubulin protein and a pre-determined amount of a compound which causes tubulin protein polymerization to form a mixture; contacting said mixture with a material which traps polymerized tubulin protein; measuring the amount of polymerized tubulin protein trapped by said material, and comparing the amount of polymerized tubulin protein trapped by said material to a standard. Procédé de détermination de l'activité de polymérisation de la tubuline dans un échantillon d'essai. Le procédé consiste à combiner l'échantillon d'essai à une tubuline polymérisable; à mettre ledit échantillon et la tubuline polymérisable en contact avec une substance qui piège la tubuline; à mesurer le volume de tubuline piégé par ladite substance; à comparer le volume de tubuline piégé par ladite substance à un étalon. Un procédé de détermination de l'inhibition de la polymérisation de la tubuline dans un échantillon d'essai est également décrit. Il consiste à combiner ledit échantillon à de la tubuline polymérisable et à un volume prédéterminé d'un composé induisant la polymérisation de la tubuline pour former un mélange; à mettre ledit mélange en contact avec une substance qui piège la tubuline polymérisée; à mesurer le volume de tubuline polymérisée piégée par ladite substance, et à comparer le volume de tubuline polymérisée piégée par ladite substance à un étalon.
Bibliography:Application Number: WO1995US13025