Localized accumulation of tubulin during semi-open mitosis in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1688-1699

  Hayashi, Hanako ^a,b,c,d   Kimura, Kenji ^b   Kimura, Akatsuki ^a,b,c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HISTONE; LAMIN; RAN PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; LAMINS; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84860359364     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E11-09-0815     Document Type: Article

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