Orientation and structure of the Ndc80 complex on the microtubule lattice

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1055-1061

  Wilson Kubalek, Elizabeth M ^a   Cheeseman, Iain M ^b,c,d   Yoshioka, Craig ^a   Desai, Arshad ^b,c   Milligan, Ronald A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; NDC80 COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTROMERE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 52249087768     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200804170     Document Type: Article

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