The role of the kinesin-13 neck in microtubule depolymerization

Cell Cycle

Volumn 5, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1812-1815

  Moores, Carolyn A ^a   Cooper, Jeremy ^b   Wagenbach, Mike ^b   Ovechkina, Yulia ^b   Wordeman, Linda ^b   Milligan, Ronald A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depolymerization; Dynamic instability; Kinesin 13; MCAK; Meiosis; Microtubule; Mitosis; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; KINESIN 13; PACLITAXEL; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN;

EID: 33748921042     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.5.16.3134     Document Type: Article

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