Thirty years of search and capture: The complex simplicity of mitotic spindle assembly

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1103-1111

  Heald, Rebecca ^a   Khodjakov, Alexey ^b,c  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 84959513167     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201510015     Document Type: Article

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