New look inside the spindle: microtubule-dependent microtubule generation within the spindle

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-49

  Goshima, Gohta ^a   Kimura, Akatsuki ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AUGMIN PROTEIN COMPLEX; GAMMA TUBULIN; GAMMA TUBULIN RING COMPLEX; MYOSIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTROSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CENTROSOME; CYTOSKELETON; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 75749147658     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.11.012     Document Type: Review

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