The mechanism of spindle assembly: Functions of Ran and its target TPX2

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 166, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 949-955

  Gruss, Oliver J ^a   Vernos, Isabelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA A KINASE; CELL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; PROTEIN EG5; PROTEIN KID; PROTEIN NUMA; PROTEIN TPX2; PROTEIN XCTK2; RAN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROSOME; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOKINESIS; DROSOPHILA; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOCYTE; SPINDLE POLE BODY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 4644233153     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200312112     Document Type: Short Survey

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