Dynein/dynactin regulate metaphase spindle length by targeting depolymerizing activities to spindle poles

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 465-471

  Gaetz, Jedidiah ^a   Kapoor, Tarun M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynactin; Kinesin; Microtubule; Mitosis; Spindle

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DYNACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN KIF2A; PROTEIN KIN1; PROTEIN NUMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CENTROSOME; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DYNEIN ATPASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KINESIN; KINETICS; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TUBULIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 4143127831     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200404015     Document Type: Article

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