Katanin, the microtubule-severing ATPase, is concentrated at centrosomes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 561-567

  McNally, Francis J ^a,c   Okawa, Katsuya ^b   Iwamatsu, Akihiro ^b   Vale, Ronald D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrosome; Katanin; Microtubule

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KATANIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL CYCLE; CENTROSOME; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEA URCHINS; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029978787     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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