Mitotic spindle assembly around RCC1-coated beads in xenopus egg extracts

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Halpin, David ^a   Kalab, Petr ^a   Wang, Jay ^a   Weis, Karsten ^a   Heald, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KARYOPHERIN; KINESIN; KINESIN 1; REGULATOR OF CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CELL EXTRACT; CHC1 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL EXTRACTS; CHROMATIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OVUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 84855165568     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001225     Document Type: Article

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