The spindle pole body component Spc98p interacts with the γ-tubulin-like Tub4p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae at the sites of microtubule attachment

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 3899-3911

  Geissler, Silke ^a   Pereira, Gislene ^a   Spang, Anne ^a   Knop, Michael ^a   Souès, Sylvie ^b   Kilmartin, John ^b   Schiebel, Elmar ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microtubule organization; SPC98; Spindle pole body; TUB4; tubulin

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029769648     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00764.x     Document Type: Article

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