The Ndc80 Kinetochore Complex Forms Load-Bearing Attachments to Dynamic Microtubule Tips via Biased Diffusion

Cell

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 865-875

  Powers, Andrew F ^a   Franck, Andrew D ^a   Gestaut, Daniel R ^b   Cooper, Jeremy ^a   Gracyzk, Beth ^b   Wei, Ronnie R ^c   Wordeman, Linda ^a   Davis, Trisha N ^b   Asbury, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; CELLCYCLE

Indexed keywords

NDC80 COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; DIFFUSION; EUKARYOTE; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 61349161067     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.12.045     Document Type: Article

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