The condensin complex is required for proper spindle assembly and chromosome segregation in Xenopus egg extracts

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1041-1051

  Wignall, Sarah M ^a   Deehan, Renée ^a   Maresca, Thomas J ^a   Heald, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphase; Condensation; Kinetochore; Microtubule; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CENTROMERE PROTEIN E; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; CONDENSIN; DNA; KINESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOPUS CHROMOSOME ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DNA BINDING; EGG; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNODEPLETION; MATERIAL COATING; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SISTER CHROMATID; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL EXTRACTS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FEMALE; KINETOCHORES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; OOCYTES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPERMATOZOA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037477839     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200303185     Document Type: Article

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