The structure of the mitotic spindle and nucleolus during mitosis in the amebo-flagellate naegleria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Walsh, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PROPHASE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TELOPHASE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME; MITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA PRINGSHEIMI;

CELL NUCLEOLUS; CHROMOSOMES; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NAEGLERIA; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROPHASE; TELOPHASE; TUBULIN;

EID: 84859480369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034763     Document Type: Article

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