The Vertebrate Ndc80 Complex Contains Spc24 and Spc25 Homologs, which Are Required to Establish and Maintain Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachment

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-137

  McCleland, Mark L ^a   Kallio, Marko J ^b   Barrett Wilt, Gregory A ^a   Kestner, Cortney A ^a   Shabanowitz, Jeffrey ^a   Hunt, Donald F ^a   Gorbsky, Gary J ^b   Stukenberg, P Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS;

EID: 1142265855     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.12.058     Document Type: Article

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