LIN-5 is a novel component of the spindle apparatus required for chromosome segregation and cleavage plane specification in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-86

  Lorson, Monique A ^a   Horvitz, H Robert ^b   Van Den Heuvel, Sander ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokinesis; lin 5; Microtubules; Mitosis; Mitotic checkpoint

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOKINESIS; DNA REPLICATION; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0034627760     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.148.1.73     Document Type: Article

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