Mitotic organization and force generation by assembly/disassembly of microtubules

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 375-379

  Inoué, Shinya ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Force generation; Kinetochore; Microtubule assembly disassembly; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030450417     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.21.375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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