A force balance model of early spindle pole separation in Drosophila embryos

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 757-769

  Cytrynbaum, E N ^a   Scholey, J M ^a   Mogilner, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL FUNCTION; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO; FORCE; INTERPHASE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROPHASE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; WILD TYPE;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0037306222     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74895-4     Document Type: Article

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