Spindle assembly defects leading to the formation of a monopolar mitotic apparatus

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Tillement, Vanessa ^a   Remy, Marie Hélène ^a   Raynaud Messina, Brigitte ^a   Mazzolini, Laurent ^a   Haren, Laurence ^a   Merdes, Andreas ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE PIERRE FABRE   (France)

Author keywords

Bipolar spindle; Cancer; Microtubule; Mitosis; Monopolar spindle

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RAN PROTEIN; VINCA ALKALOID; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

CANCER THERAPY; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CENTROSOME; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS;

EID: 58149398655     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: 1768322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20070162     Document Type: Review

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