Pathways of spindle pole formation: Different mechanisms; conserved components

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 953-956

  Merdes, Andreas ^a   Cleveland, Don W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CENTROSOME; DYNEIN ATPASE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030883130     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.138.5.953     Document Type: Short Survey

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