The Aspergillus nidulans CENP-E kinesin motor KipA interacts with the fungal homologue of the centromere-associated protein CENP-H at the kinetochore

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 981-994

  Herrero, Saturnino ^a   Takeshita, Norio ^a   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN E; CENTROMERE PROTEIN H; KINESIN; KINESIN 7; PROTEIN ALPA; PROTEIN KATA; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL CYCLE; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOSKELETON; KINESIN; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 79955737770     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07624.x     Document Type: Article

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