Cooperative mechanisms of mitotic spindle formation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1717-1722

  O'Connell, Christopher B ^a   Khodjakov, Alexey L ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division; Mitosis; Spindle assembly

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTROMERE; CENTROSOME; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELL; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SISTER CHROMATID;

ANIMALS; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34250640194     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03442     Document Type: Article

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