Motile microtubule crosslinkers require distinct dynamic properties for correct functioning during spindle organization in Xenopus egg extract

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1295-1300

  Cahu, J ^a   Surrey, Thomas ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimeric motors; Eg5; Kinesin 5; Motor protein; Spindle assembly

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; KINESIN 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYTOSKELETON; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 67650550232     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.044248     Document Type: Article

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