The mitotic-spindle-associated protein astrin is essential for progression through mitosis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4053-4059

  Gruber, Jens ^a   Harborth, Jens ^a   Schnabel, Jörg ^a   Weber, Klaus ^a   Hatzfeld, Mechthild ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrin; Coiled coil; Microtubules; Mitotic spindle; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

ASTRIN; BUFFER; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SPAG5 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE SILENCING; GROWTH INHIBITION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERPHASE; MITOSIS RATE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASTER;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036860494     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00088     Document Type: Review

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