An insertional mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with defective microtubule positioning

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-154

  Horst, Cynthia J ^a,c   Fishkind, Douglas J ^a,b   Pazour, Gregory J ^a   Witman, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c Carroll College Waukesha   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell shape; Chlamydomonas; Cytoskeleton; Microtubules; Mitosis; MTOC

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BETA TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CENTROSOME; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FLAGELLA; MICROTUBULES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032882049     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(199910)44:2<143::AID-CM6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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