The minus end-directed motor Kar3 is required for coupling dynamic microtubule plus ends to the cortical shmoo tip in budding yeast

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1423-1428

  Maddox, Paul S ^a   Stemple, Jennifer K ^a   Satterwhite, Lisa ^a   Salmon, E D ^a   Bloom, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0042426023     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00547-5     Document Type: Article

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