Self-organisation and forces in the microtubule cytoskeleton

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 118-124

  Nédélec, François ^a   Surrey, Thomas ^a   Karsenti, Eric ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TUBULIN;

CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CENTROSOME; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOSKELETON; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0037223726     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(02)00014-5     Document Type: Review

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