Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachment Relies on the Disordered N-Terminal Tail Domain of Hec1

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 1778-1784

  Guimaraes, Geoffrey J ^a   Dong, Yimin ^b   McEwen, Bruce F ^b   DeLuca, Jennifer G ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLCYCLE; DNA

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; CENTROMERE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RAT KANGAROO; RNA INTERFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POTOROIDAE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 56349089656     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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