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Spindle Pole Body

Known as: SPB, Body, Spindle Pole, Spindle Pole Bodies 
The spindle pole body (SPB) is the microtubule organizing center (MTOC) in the yeast Saccharomyces that plays a pivotal role in such diverse… 
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Cell and molecular biology of spindle poles and NuMA.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Fine structure analysis of the yeast centrin, Cdc31p, identifies residues specific for cell morphology and spindle pole body duplication.
Centrin/Cdc31p is a Ca2+-binding protein related to calmodulin found in the MTOC of diverse organisms. In yeast, Cdc31p localizes… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Yeast Dam1p is required to maintain spindle integrity during mitosis and interacts with the Mps1p kinase.
We have identified a mutant allele of the DAM1 gene in a screen for mutations that are lethal in combination with the mps1-1… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Spc98p directs the yeast gamma-tubulin complex into the nucleus and is subject to cell cycle-dependent phosphorylation on the nuclear side of the spindle pole body.
In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, microtubules are organized by the spindle pole body (SPB), which is embedded in the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Isolation of nucleation-competent centrosomes from Dictyostelium discoideum.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The Cdc31p-binding protein Kar1p is a component of the half bridge of the yeast spindle pole body
KAR1 has been identified as an essential gene which is involved in karyogamy of mating yeast cells and in spindle pole body… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Nuf2, a spindle pole body-associated protein required for nuclear division in yeast
The NUF2 gene of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes an essential 53-kd protein with a high content of potential coiled… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
MIF2 is required for mitotic spindle integrity during anaphase spindle elongation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
The function of the essential MIF2 gene in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle was examined by overepressing or creating a… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Nucleation of microtubules in vitro by isolated spindle pole bodies of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Spindle pole bodies (SPBs) were isolated from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by an adaptation of the Kleinschmidt monolayer… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Spindle and kinetochore morphology of Dictyostelium discoideum
The metaphase spindle of haploid Dictyostelium discoideum (n = 7) is 2 mum long. It consists of some 20 microtubules which seem… 
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