The bipolar kinesin, KLP61F, cross-links microtubules within interpolar microtubule bundles of Drosophila embryonic mitotic spindles

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-138

  Sharp, David J ^a   McDonald, Kent L ^b   Brown, Heather M ^a   Matthies, Heinrich J ^a   Walczak, Claire ^c   Vale, Ron D ^d   Mitchison, Timothy J ^e   Scholey, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bim C; Bipolar kinesin; Drosophila; Microtubule; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN B; KINESIN; KINESIN KLP61F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FREEZING; KINESIN; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033545186     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.144.1.125     Document Type: Article

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