hTPX2 is required for normal spindle morphology and centrosome integrity during vertebrate cell division

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 2055-2059

  Garrett, Sarah ^b   Auer, Kristi ^a   Compton, Duane A ^a   Kapoor, Tarun M ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TPX2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TPX2 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; TUMOR PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROSOME; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; INTERPHASE; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CENTROSOME; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERPHASE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VERTEBRATES; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 18844464851     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01277-0     Document Type: Article

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