The mitotic kinesin-14 Ncd drives directional microtubule-microtubule sliding

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 717-723

  Fink, Gero ^a   Hajdo, Lukasz ^b,c   Skowronek, Krzysztof J ^b,d   Reuther, Cordula ^a   Kasprzak, Andrzej A ^b   Diez, Stefan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN; KINESIN 14; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DIRECTIONAL MICROTUBULE MICROTUBULE SLIDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 67349203203     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1877     Document Type: Article

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