• In cell biology, microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) are proteins that interact with the microtubules of the cellular cytoskeleton. MAPs are integral...
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    from the gene MAPT (microtubule-associated protein tau). They have roles primarily in maintaining the stability of microtubules in axons and are abundant...
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    Microtubule-associated protein 2 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the MAP2 gene. This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the microtubule-associated...
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    poles. The cellular spindle apparatus includes the spindle microtubules, associated proteins, which include kinesin and dynein molecular motors, condensed...
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    two globular proteins, alpha and beta tubulin into protofilaments that can then associate laterally to form a hollow tube, the microtubule. The most common...
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    Microtubule-associated protein 1B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAP1B gene. This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the microtubule-associated...
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  • Microtubule plus-end/positive-end tracking proteins or +TIPs are a type of microtubule associated protein (MAP) which accumulate at the plus ends of microtubules...
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    in which they "walk" along the microtubule cables within the cell. Myosins are a superfamily of actin motor proteins that convert chemical energy in...
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    Microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3B (hereafter referred to as LC3) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAP1LC3B gene. LC3 is...
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    (MAP-4343), and progesterone, DHEA has been found to bind to microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2), specifically the MAP2C subtype (Kd = 27 μM). However...
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    Microtubule-associated protein RP/EB family member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAPRE1 gene. The protein encoded by this gene was first...
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    Microtubule-associated protein RP/EB family member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAPRE2 gene. The protein encoded by this gene shares...
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    MAP4 (category Protein stubs)
    microtubule-associated protein. This protein contains a domain similar to the microtubule-binding domains of neuronal microtubule-associated protein (MAP2)...
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    Microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAP1LC3A gene. Two transcript variants encoding different...
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    Echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EML4 gene. This protein is involved in cancers when spliced...
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  • and β subunits that compose the microtubules themselves. The γ-tubulin combines with several other associated proteins to form a conical structure known...
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  • oligomeric protein Regulatory protein, term used in genetics to describe a protein involved in regulating gene expression Tau protein, microtubule-associated protein...
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    MAP6 (redirect from STOP protein)
    Microtubule-associated protein 6 (MAP6) or stable tubule-only polypeptide (STOP or STOP protein) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAP6 gene...
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    Microtubule-associated protein RP/EB family member 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAPRE3 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a...
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    Centromere-associated protein E is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CENPE gene. Centromere-associated protein E is a kinesin-like motor protein that...
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    Microtubule-associated protein 1A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAP1A gene. This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the microtubule-associated...
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    Microtubule-associated protein 1S is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAP1S gene. MAP1S has been shown to interact with RASSF1. GRCh38: Ensembl...
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    Kinesin (category Motor proteins)
    A kinesin is a protein belonging to a class of motor proteins found in eukaryotic cells. Kinesins move along microtubule (MT) filaments and are powered...
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    Cytoskeleton-associated protein 5 is a microtubule-associated protein that in humans is encoded by the CKAP5 gene. It is the homolog of the Xenopus protein XMAP215...
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    structure shaped like a star, consisting of a centrosome and its associated microtubules during the early stages of mitosis in an animal cell.: 221  Asters...
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    protein (also called tubulin associated unit or microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT)) is a microtubule-associated protein that promotes polymerization...
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    Microtubule associated scaffold protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MTUS2 gene. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000132938 – Ensembl...
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  • aggregation of the tau protein, a microtubule-associated protein expressed in neurons that normally acts to stabilize microtubules in the cell cytoskeleton...
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    Echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EML1 gene. Human echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like...
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    Alpha-synuclein (category Peripheral membrane proteins)
    and that alpha-synuclein may have activity as a potential microtubule-associated protein, like tau. Evidence suggests that alpha-synuclein functions...
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