Drosophila Dgt6 Interacts with Ndc80, Msps/XMAP215, and γ-Tubulin to Promote Kinetochore-Driven MT Formation

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1839-1845

  Bucciarelli, Elisabetta ^a   Pellacani, Claudia ^a   Naim, Valeria ^a   Palena, Antonella ^a   Gatti, Maurizio ^a   Somma, Maria Patrizia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

CELLBIO

Indexed keywords

CENP META PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CENP-META PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DGT6 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MINI SPINDLES PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NDC80 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; TUBULIN;

EID: 72149128895     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.09.043     Document Type: Article

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