Mechanisms of spindle positioning: Cortical force generators in the limelight

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 741-748

  Kotak, Sachin ^a   Gönczy, Pierre ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FIBRONECTIN; MOESIN; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANAPHASE; ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; HUMAN; INTERPHASE; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; REVIEW; SPINDLE POSITIONING;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOMO SAPIENS; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CYTOKINESIS; DYNEINS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 84887625953     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2013.07.008     Document Type: Review

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