Spindle Fusion Requires Dynein-Mediated Sliding of Oppositely Oriented Microtubules

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-296

  Gatlin, Jesse C ^a,b   Matov, Alexandre ^d   Groen, Aaron C ^a,c   Needleman, Daniel J ^a,c   Maresca, Thomas J ^a,b   Danuser, Gaudenz ^d   Mitchison, Timothy J ^a,c   Salmon, E D ^a,b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLBIO

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; EG5 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DYNEIN ATPASE; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 60349102244     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.01.055     Document Type: Article

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