Xmap215 is required for the microtubule-nucleating activity of centrosomes

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1326-1330

  Popov, Andrei V ^a   Severin, Fedor ^b   Karsenti, Eric ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROSOME; FEMALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; OOCYTES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUBULIN; ANIMALS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ASTER;

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TUBULIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN; XMAP215 PROTEIN, XENOPUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROSOME; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0037031151     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01033-3     Document Type: Article

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