Importin β is a mitotic target of the small GTPase ran in spindle assembly

Cell

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-106

  Nachury, Maxence V ^a   Maresca, Thomas J ^a   Salmon, Wendy C ^b   Waterman Storer, Clare M ^b   Heald, Rebecca ^a   Weis, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KARYOPHERIN; KARYOPHERIN BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROSOME; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ASTER;

EID: 0035846901     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00194-5     Document Type: Article

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