Caenorhabditis elegans EFA-6 limits microtubule growth at the cell cortex

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1235-1241

  O'Rourke, Sean M ^a   Christensen, Sara N ^a   Bowerman, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 6; CELL PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN EFA 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ELONGATION; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINDLE POLE BODY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 78649859325     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2128     Document Type: Article

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