Kinetochores moving away from their associated pole do not exert a significant pushing force on the chromosome

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 315-327

  Khodjakov, Alexey ^a   Rieder, Conly L ^a,b,c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; MICROSURGERY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES; KINETOCHORES; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MICROSURGERY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029960516     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.2.315     Document Type: Article

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