Influence of M-phase chromatin on the anisotropy of microtubule asters

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-140

  Dogterom, M ^a,b   Felix M A ^a,c,d   Guet, C C ^a   Leibler, S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; SPERM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROSOME; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; OVUM; SALMON; SPERMATOZOA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ASTER; EUKARYOTA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029869434     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.1.125     Document Type: Article

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