The dynamics of microtubule minus ends in the human mitotic spindle

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 770-778

  Lecland, Nicolas ^a   Lüders, Jens ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASMIC DYNEIN; GAMMA TUBULIN; KINESIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HUMAN SPLEEN, EMBRYO, AND TESTES EXPRESSED PROTEIN, HUMAN; KIF11 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NEDD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOLOGY; EG5 GENE; GAMMA TUBULIN RING COMPLEX; GENE; HSET GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTROSOME; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; DYNEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPINDLE APPARATUS; TUBULIN;

EID: 84905380962     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2996     Document Type: Article

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