Eg5 causes elongation of meiotic spindles when flux-associated microtubule depolymerization is blocked

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 1941-1945

  Shirasu Hiza, Mimi ^a   Perlman, Zachary E ^b   Wittmann, Torsten ^c   Karsenti, Eric ^d   Mitchison, Timothy J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CELL EXTRACT; DYNACTIN; EG5 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; KINESIN; MICROSPHERE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TUBULIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN; XKLP2 PROTEIN, XENOPUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; OOCYTE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL EXTRACTS; FLUORESCENCE; KINESIN; MICROSPHERES; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OVUM; TUBULIN; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 7944238682     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.10.029     Document Type: Article

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