Spindle Positioning by Cortical Pulling Forces

Developmental Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 461-465

  Grill, Stephan W ^a,b   Hyman, Anthony A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMECOLCINE; DYNACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTROSOME; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 16244405918     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2005.03.014     Document Type: Note

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