Yeast kinesin-8 depolymerizes microtubules in a length-dependent manner

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 957-962

  Varga, Vladimir ^a   Helenius, Jonne ^a,b   Tanaka, Kozo ^c   Hyman, Anthony A ^a   Tanaka, Tomoyuki U ^c   Howard, Jonathon ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FUNGAL CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METAZOON; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SWINE; TUBULIN;

FUNGI; METAZOA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 33748136479     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1462     Document Type: Article

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