Ran modulates spindle assembly by regulating a subset of TPX2 and Kid activities including Aurora A activation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4791-4798

  Trieselmann, Nadia ^a   Armstrong, Sheri ^a   Rauw, Jennifer ^a   Wilde, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microtubules; Mitosis; Spindle assembly

Indexed keywords

AURORA A KINASE; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KARYOPHERIN BETA; KINESIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN KID; PROTEIN TPX2; RAN PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ARM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MODULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0348013019     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00798     Document Type: Article

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