Structure and function of kinetochores in budding yeast

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 1995, Pages 471-495

  Hyman, A A ^a   Sorger, P K ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cell cycle; centromeres; microtubules; mitosis; S. cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

CENTROMERE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0029591114     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cb.11.110195.002351     Document Type: Review

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