Cortical Microtubule Contacts Position the Spindle in C. elegans Embryos

Cell

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 499-510

  Kozlowski, Cleopatra ^a   Srayko, Martin ^b   Nedelec, Francois ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

CELLBIO

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ORGANELLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPINDLE CELL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 34247541603     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.03.027     Document Type: Article

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