Positioning and elongation of the fission yeast spindle by microtubule-based pushing

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1181-1186

  Tolić Nørrelykke, Iva M ^a,b   Sacconi, Leonardo ^a,c   Thon, Geneviève ^d   Pavone, Francesco S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MICRODISSECTION; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

BIOMECHANICS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICRODISSECTION; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 3142606954     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.029     Document Type: Article

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