Microtubule motors in eukaryotic spindle assembly and maintenance

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-254

  Gatlin, Jesse C ^a   Bloom, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome segregation; Length control; Microtubule motors; Spindle assembly; Spindle poles

Indexed keywords

DEPOLYMERASE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN 14; KINESIN 5; MOLECULAR MOTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; REVIEW; SPINDLE POLE BODY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77949490317     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2010.01.015     Document Type: Review

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