NuMA-related LIN-5, ASPM-1, calmodulin and dynein promote meiotic spindle rotation independently of cortical LIN-5/GPR/Gα

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-277

  van der Voet, Monique ^a   Berends, Christian W H ^a   Perreault, Audrey ^b,e   Nguyen Ngoc, Tu ^c   Gönczy, Pierre ^c   Vidal, Marc ^d   Boxem, Mike ^a,d   van den Heuvel, Sander ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL SPINDLE LIKE MICROCEPHALY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; CALMODULIN; CELL PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 1; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 2; G PROTEIN GPA 16 ALPHA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN LIN 5; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPINDLE POLE BODY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALMODULIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DYNEIN ATPASE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; ROTATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 61849114654     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1834     Document Type: Article

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