Op18 reveals the contribution of nonkinetochore microtubules to the dynamic organization of the vertebrate meiotic spindle

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 15338-15343

  Houghtaling, Benjamin R ^a   Yang, Ge ^b,c   Matov, Alexandre ^b   Danuser, Gaudenz ^b   Kapoor, Tarun M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolarity; Flux; Kinesin 5; Stathmin

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; KINESIN 5; MOLECULAR MOTOR; STATHMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SPINDLE POLE BODY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; KINESIN; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; STATHMIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349345929     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902317106     Document Type: Article

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