Aphidicolin uncouples the chloroplast division cycle from the mitotic cycle in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-310

  Itoh, Ryuuichi ^a   Takahashi, Hidenori ^a   Toda, Kyoko ^a   Kuroiwa, Haruko ^b   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aphidicolin; Cell cycle; Checkpoint control; Chloroplast division; Cyanidioschyzon merolae

Indexed keywords

APHIDICOLIN; CHLOROPLAST DNA; DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROFLUOROMETRY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0029909377     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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