Morphologically distinct microtubule ends in the mitotic centrosome of Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 451-456

  O'Toole, Eileen T ^a   McDonald, Kent L ^b   Mäntler, Jana ^c   McIntosh, J Richard ^a   Hyman, Anthony A ^c   Müdler Reichert, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Caenorhabditis elegans; Centrosome; Electron tomography; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CENTROMERE; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTRIOLES; CENTROSOME; CHROMATIN; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0142084151     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200304035     Document Type: Article

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