Role of γ-tubulin in mitosis-specific microtubule nucleation from the Schizosaccharomyces pombe spindle pole body

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 165-177

  Masuda, Hirohisa ^a,b   Shibata, Takehiko ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

tubulin; Microtubule nucleation; Mitosis; Spindle microtubule; Spindle pole body

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; STAUROSPORINE; TUBULIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TUBULIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0029671272     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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