TPX2, a novel Xenopus MAP involved in spindle pole organization

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1405-1418

  Wittmann, Torsten ^a   Wilm, Matthias ^a   Karsenti, Eric ^a   Vernos, Isabelle ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynein dynactin; Microtubules; Spindle pole; TPX2; Xklp2

Indexed keywords

DYNACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DYNEIN ATPASE; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OVUM; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034717818     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.7.1405     Document Type: Article

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