Mitotic spindle function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires a balance between different types of kinesin-related motors

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1025-1033

  Saunders, William ^a   Lengyel, Valerie ^a   Hoyt, M Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030974461     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.6.1025     Document Type: Article

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