Force- and length-dependent catastrophe activities explain interphase microtubule organization in fission yeast

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Foethke, Dietrich ^a   Makushok, Tatyana ^a   Brunner, Damian ^a   Nédélec, François ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell; Cytoskeleton; Force; Mechanics; Simulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERPHASE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERPHASE; MICROTUBULES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TUBULIN;

EID: 62549089715     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2008.76     Document Type: Article

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