NuSAP, a novel microtubule-associated protein involved in mitotic spindle organization

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1017-1029

  Raemaekers, Tim ^a   Ribbeck, Katharina ^b   Beaudouin, Joël ^b   Annaert, Wim ^a   Van Camp, Mark ^a   Stockmans, Ingrid ^a   Smets, Nico ^a   Bouillon, Roger ^a   Ellenberg, Jan ^b   Carmeliet, Geert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c LEGENDO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Microtubules; Mitosis; Mitotic spindle apparatus; Nucleolus; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOLAR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERPHASE; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; G2 PHASE; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141433282     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200302129     Document Type: Article

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