Plant TPX2 and related proteins

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-72

  Evrard, Jean Luc ^a   Pieuchot, Laurent ^a   Vos, Jan W ^b   Vernos, Isabelle ^c,d   Schmit, Anne Catherine ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evolution; Microtubules; Mitosis; Prosite motifs; Spindle assembly; Targeting domains; TPX2 signature

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58349107717     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.4.1.7409     Document Type: Article

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