A Reductionist Study into the Physiology, Pathology, and Pharmacology of the Mitotic Spindle

Mitotic kinesins represent the new age targets of spindle-poisoning chemotherapies. The kinesin-5 Eg5 is one such example, as kinesin-5 inhibitors (K5Is) induce a lethal mitotic arrest from failed spindle assembly. Documented here is the discovery of a novel spindle assembly pathway that confers K5I...

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Main Author: Sturgill, Emma Gray
Other Authors: Matthew Tyska
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2014
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11242014-142447/