Dissecting the role of molecular motors in the mitotic spindle

Anatomical Record

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-24

  Mountain, Vicki ^a,b   Compton, Duane A ^a,c,d  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Dynein; Functional microanatomy; Kinesin; Meiosis; Microtubule; Mitosis; Molecular motor

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN;

CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0034654023     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(20000215)261:1<14::AID-AR5>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Review

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