Examining how the spatial organization of chromatin signals influences metaphase spindle assembly

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 924-932

  Gaetz, Jedidiah ^a   Gueroui, Zoher ^a,b   Libchaber, Albert ^a   Kapoor, Tarun M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; KINESIN 5; MOLECULAR MOTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL EXTRACTS; CHROMATIN; DYNEIN ATPASE; FEMALE; KINESIN; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33748210111     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1455     Document Type: Article

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