Relative contributions of chromatin and kinetochores to mitotic spindle assembly

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-51

  O'Connell, Christopher B ^a   Lončarek, Jadranka ^a   Kaláb, Petr ^b   Khodjakov, Alexey ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUF 2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; NDC80 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

CHROMATIN; DNA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION; TUBULIN;

EID: 70449698492     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200903076     Document Type: Article

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