Direct observation of microtubule dynamics at kinetochores in Xenopus extract spindles: Implications for spindle mechanics

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-382

  Maddox, Paul ^a,b   Straight, Aaron ^a,c   Coughlin, Peg ^a,c   Mitchison, Timothy J ^a,c   Salmon, Edward D ^a,b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphase; Centromere; Fluorescent speckle microscopy; Kinetochore; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; DYNAMICS; MICROTUBULE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; XENOPUS;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CHROMOSOMES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FEMALE; KINETOCHORES; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; POLYMERS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042733309     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200301088     Document Type: Article

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