Kinesin-8 molecular motors: putting the brakes on chromosome oscillations

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 307-310

  Gardner, Melissa K ^a   Odde, David J ^a   Bloom, Kerry ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN KINESIN 8; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANAPHASE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KINESIN; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; OSCILLOMETRY;

EID: 46049112667     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2008.05.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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