Microtubule motors in mitosis

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6800, 2000, Pages 41-47

  Sharp, David J ^a   Rogers, Gregory C ^a   Scholey, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE; DROSOPHILA; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0034618565     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35024000     Document Type: Review

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