Architecture and Flexibility of the Yeast Ndc80 Kinetochore Complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 383, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 894-903

  Wang, Hong Wei ^a   Long, Sydney ^b   Ciferri, Claudio ^b   Westermann, Stefan ^c   Drubin, David ^b   Barnes, Georjana ^b   Nogales, Eva ^a,b,d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; Hec1; Nuf2; Spc24; Spc25

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTROMERE; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 53149128681     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.08.077     Document Type: Article

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