Variations on theme: Spindle assembly in diverse cells

Protoplasma

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 439-446

  Wadsworth, Patricia ^a   Lee, Wei Lih ^a   Murata, Takashi ^b   Baskin, Tobias I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Centrosomes; Mitosis; Plant spindle; Vertebrate spindle; Yeast spindle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CENTROSOME; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PLANT; REVIEW; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CENTROSOME; HUMANS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PLANTS; YEASTS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960244840     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0205-x     Document Type: Review

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