Importin β is transported to spindle poles during mitosis and regulates Ran-dependent spindle assembly factors in mammalian cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 6511-6522

  Ciciarello, Marilena ^a   Mangiacasale, Rosamaria ^a   Thibier, Catherine ^b   Guarguaglini, Giulia ^a   Marchetti, Enzo ^c   Di Fiore, Barbara ^a,d   Lavia, Patrizia ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Université René Descartes   (France)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GTPase Ran; Importin ; Microtubules; Mitosis; Spindle poles; TPX2

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KARYOPHERIN; KARYOPHERIN BETA; PROTEIN TPX2; RAN PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERPHASE; MAMMAL CELL; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPINDLE POLE BODY;

ANIMALS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; L CELLS (CELL LINE); MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NIH 3T3 CELLS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA INTERFERENCE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 8644222326     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01569     Document Type: Article

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