Purification of microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins from sea urchin eggs and cultured mammalian cells using taxol, and use of exogenous taxol-stabilized brain microtubules for purifying microtubule-associated proteins.

Alkaloids Animals Brain/metabolism,ultrastructure Brain Chemistry Cell Fractionation/methods Cells, Cultured Female Humans Microtubule-Associated Proteins/isolation & purification Microtubules/metabolism,ultrastructure Neurons/analysis Organ Specificity Ovum/metabolism,ultrastructure Paclitaxel Sea Urchins Species Specificity

Alkaloids Microtubule-Associated Proteins Paclitaxel