Mitosis: New Roles for Myosin-X and Actin at the Spindle

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Wühr, Martin ^a   Mitchison, Timothy J ^a   Field, Christine M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYO10 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; MYOSIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MYOSINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 53249124706     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.043     Document Type: Short Survey

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