The RanGTP pathway: From nucleo-cytoplasmic transport to spindle assembly and beyond

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2016, Pages

  Cavazza, Tommaso ^a,b   Vernos, Isabelle ^a,b,c  

^a BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell division; Exportin; Importin; Microtubule; Nucleo cytoplasmic transport; RanGTP; SAF; Spindle

Indexed keywords

EID: 85062197940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2015.00082     Document Type: Short Survey

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