Formation of spindle poles by dynein/dynactin-dependent transport of NuMA

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 851-861

  Merdes, Andreas ^a   Heald, Rebecca ^b   Samejima, Kumiko ^a   Earnshaw, William C ^a   Cleveland, Don W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrosome; Microtubules; Mitosis; Motor proteins; Spindle pole matrix

Indexed keywords

DYNACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; DYNEIN ATPASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0034658078     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.4.851     Document Type: Article

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