Kinetochore-driven formation of kinetochore fibers contributes to spindle assembly during animal mitosis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 831-840

  Maiato, Helder ^a   Rieder, Conly L ^a,b,c   Khodjakov, Alexey ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; DROSOPHILA; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DYNEIN ATPASE; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10344231994     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200407090     Document Type: Article

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