The Homotetrameric Kinesin-5 KLP61F Preferentially Crosslinks Microtubules into Antiparallel Orientations

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 1860-1864

  van den Wildenberg, Siet M J L ^a   Tao, Li ^b   Kapitein, Lukas C ^a   Schmidt, Christoph F ^c   Scholey, Jonathan M ^b   Peterman, Erwin J G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CELLBIO

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; KLP61F PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 57649086182     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.10.026     Document Type: Article

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