Robust polarity specification operates above a threshold of microtubule dynamicity

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 290-299

  Thadani, Rahul ^a   Huang, Daniel ^a   Oliferenko, Snezhana ^a,b,c  

^a TEMASEK LIFE SCIENCES LABORATORY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

tubulin; Cell polarity; Fission yeast; Microtubule dynamicity; Tea1

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL POLARITY; GENE MUTATION; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

CELL POLARITY; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 79956016208     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20512     Document Type: Article

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