The spindle: A dynamic assembly of microtubules and motors

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Wittmann, Torsten ^a   Hyman, Anthony ^b   Desai, Arshad ^c  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE SEGREGATION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0035146128     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35050669     Document Type: Review

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