The kinesin-related protein, HSET, opposes the activity of Eg5 and cross-links microtubules in the mammalian mitotic spindle

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 351-365

  Mountain, Vicki ^a   Simerly, Calvin ^b   Howard, Louisa ^c   Ando, Asako ^d   Schatten, Gerald ^b   Compton, Duane A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Jikei University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eg5; HSET; Kinesin; Microtubule; Mitotic spindle

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PACLITAXEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ASTER; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0032702315     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.2.351     Document Type: Article

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