On the inscrutable role of Inscuteable: Structural basis and functional implications for the competitive binding of NuMA and Inscuteable to LGN

Open Biology

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Mapelli, Marina ^a   Gonzalez, Cayetano ^b,c  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Spindle orientation; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; GPSM2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INSC PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEIN; NUMA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; BINDING COMPETITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPINDLE ORIENTATION; STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY;

ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; SPINDLE ORIENTATION; STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84877768007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.120102     Document Type: Review

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