Cytokinesis and midzone microtubule organization in Caenorhabditis elegans require the kinesin-like protein ZEN-4

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2037-2049

  Raich, William B ^a   Moran, Adrienne N ^a   Rothman, Joel H ^b   Hardin, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZEN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CROSS LINKING; CYTOKINESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031877351     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.8.2037     Document Type: Article

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