Increased microtubule assembly rates influence chromosomal instability in colorectal cancer cells

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 779-791

  Ertych, Norman ^a   Stolz, Ailine ^a   Stenzinger, Albrecht ^b   Weichert, Wilko ^b,c   Kaulfuß, Silke ^a   Burfeind, Peter ^a   Aigner, Achim ^d   Wordeman, Linda ^e   Bastians, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Department of Molecular Biology of Cell I   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA A KINASE; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; AURKA PROTEIN, HUMAN; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CHEK2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AURKA GENE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHK2 GENE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CACO 2 CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HCT116 CELL LINE; HT 29 CELL LINE; MICROTUBULE; PATHOLOGY; SPINDLE APPARATUS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AURORA KINASE A; BRCA1 PROTEIN; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HCT116 CELLS; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONCOGENES; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 84905406675     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2994     Document Type: Article

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