Tension between two kinetochores suffices for their bi-orientation on the mitotic spindle

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6978, 2004, Pages 93-97

  Dewar, Hiiary ^a   Tanaka, Kozo ^a   Nasmyth, Kim ^b   Tanaka, Tomoyuki U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHROMOSOMES; GEOMETRY; PROTEINS;

CHROMATIDS; KINETOCHORES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE IPL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IPL1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

BIOLOGY;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOMETRY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SISTER CHROMATID; SPINDLE POLE BODY; TENSION; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MITOSIS;

ANIMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANAPHASE; CHROMATIDS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA REPLICATION; KINETICS; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PROTEIN KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 1542287231     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02328     Document Type: Article

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