Kinesins to the core: The role of microtubule-based motor proteins in building the mitotic spindle midzone

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-299

  Hornick, Jessica E ^a   Karanjeet, Kul ^b   Collins, Elizabeth S ^b,c   Hinchcliffe, Edward H ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokinesis; Kinesin; Microtubule; Mitosis; Motor protein

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN; POLO LIKE KINASE 1; RHO FACTOR;

CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77949492124     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2010.01.017     Document Type: Review

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