Reconstitution of the augmin complex provides insights into its architecture and function

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 852-863

  Hsia, Kuo Chiang ^a   Wilson Kubalek, Elizabeth M ^b   Dottore, Alejandro ^a   Hao, Qi ^a   Tsai, Kuang Lei ^b   Forth, Scott ^a   Shimamoto, Yuta ^a   Milligan, Ronald A ^b   Kapoor, Tarun M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPINDLE APPARATUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84906915823     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb3030     Document Type: Article

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