Functional role of centrosomes in spindle assembly and organization

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 904-914

  Varmark, Hanne ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila centrosome mutants; Meiosis; Mitosis; Xenopus egg extracts

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; ASP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CENTROSOME; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ORGANIZING CENTER; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION;

EID: 8544263424     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20013     Document Type: Article

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