Mitotic Motors: Kinesin-5 Takes a Brake

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Civelekoglu Scholey, Gul ^a   Scholey, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; KINESIN; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 34447278828     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.030     Document Type: Short Survey

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