Mini spindles, the XMAP215 homologue, suppresses pausing of interphase microtubules in Drosophila

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1387-1396

  Brittle, Amy L ^a   Ohkura, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bundle; Interphase; Microtubule; Pause; RNAi

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; KINESIN; KINESIN 13; MINI SPINDLES PROTEIN; PROTEIN XMAP215; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; INTERPHASE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERPHASE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 17844371493     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600629     Document Type: Article

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