Force generation by dynamic microtubules

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-74

  Dogterom, Marileen ^a   Kerssemakers, Jacob W J ^b   Romet Lemonne, Guillaume ^a   Janson, Marcel E ^c  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FORCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; DIMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 12344264785     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2004.12.011     Document Type: Review

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