Dynamic instability - A common denominator in prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA segregation and cell division

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 542-548

  Fuesler, John A ^a   Li, Hsin Jung Sophia ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian ratchet; Catastrophe recovery; Cytoskeleton evolution; Dynamic instability; Microtubules; Mitosis; Mitotic spindle; ParM filaments; R1 plasmid

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PARC; PROTEIN PARM; PROTEIN PARR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANAPHASE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84873277035     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11658-012-0026-3     Document Type: Review

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