CYK-4: A Rho family GTPase activating protein (GAP) required for central spindle formation and cytokinesis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1391-1404

  Jantsch Plunger, Verena ^a   Gönczy, Pierre ^b   Romano, Alper ^a   Schnabel, Heinke ^c   Hamill, Danielle ^d   Schnabel, Ralf ^c   Hyman, Anthony A ^b   Glotzer, Michael ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell division; Kinesin; Rho GTPase; Spindle midzone

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; KINESIN; RHO FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINESIN; MALE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 18244430352     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.7.1391     Document Type: Article

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