Determinants of robustness in spindle assembly checkpoint signalling

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1328-1339

  Heinrich, Stephanie ^a   Geissen, Eva Maria ^b   Kamenz, Julia ^a   Trautmann, Susanne ^c,h   Widmer, Christian ^a,d   Drewe, Philipp ^a,d   Knop, Michael ^c,e   Radde, Nicole ^b   Hasenauer, Jan ^f,g   Hauf, Silke ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER LABORATORY OF THE MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^h PICOQUANT GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE PROMOTING COMPLEX; BUB1 RELATED PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN 20; PROTEIN MAD1; PROTEIN MAD2; SLP1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 84887260003     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2864     Document Type: Article

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