γ-Tubulin-like tub4p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is associated with the spindle pole body substructures that organize microtubules and is required for mitotic spindle formation

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 429-441

  Spang, Anne ^a   Geissler, Silke ^a   Grein, Katrin ^a   Schiebel, Elmar ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUBULIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029939481     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.2.429     Document Type: Article

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