Chromosome-induced microtubule assembly mediated by TPX2 is required for spindle formation in HeLa cells

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 871-879

  Gruss, Oliver J ^a   Wittmann, Malte ^a   Yokoyama, Hideki ^a   Pepperkok, Rainer ^a   Kufer, Thomas ^a   Silljé, Herman ^a   karsenti, Eric ^a   Mattaj, Iain W ^a   Vernos, Isabelle ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACT; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036849137     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb870     Document Type: Article

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