The mitotic spindle and actin tails

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-240

  Karsenti, Eric ^a   Nédélec, François ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolarity; Cytoskeleton; Microtubules; Motility; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; LASER SURGERY; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS; YEAST CELL;

EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842665845     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biolcel.2003.12.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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