LGN blocks the ability of NuMA to bind and stabilize microtubules: A mechanism for mitotic spindle assembly regulation

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 1928-1933

  Du, Quansheng ^a   Taylor, Laura ^a   Compton, Duane A ^b   Macara, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GPSM2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; INTERPHASE; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DROSOPHILA; INTERPHASE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; CERCOPITHECUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037137429     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01298-8     Document Type: Article

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