Amitosis requires γ-tubulin-mediated microtubule assembly in Tetrahymena thermophila

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-96

  Kushida, Yasuharu ^a   Nakano, Kentaro ^a   Numata, Osamu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

tubulin; Amitosis; Macronucleus; Microtubule; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

GAMMA TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL EXPANSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MACRONUCLEUS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR DIVISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

CELL NUCLEUS DIVISION; MACRONUCLEUS; MICROTUBULES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TUBULIN;

TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 78751481728     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20496     Document Type: Article

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