Physical basis of spindle self-organization

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 52, 2014, Pages 18496-18500

  Brugués, Jan ^a,b,c   Needleman, Daniel ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active matter; Microtubules and motors; Spindle assembly

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE APPARATUS; SPINDLE SELF ORGANIZATION; STEADY STATE; SURFACE TENSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; SPINDLE APPARATUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84924299917     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1409404111     Document Type: Article

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