Oscillating mitotic newt lung cell kinetochores are, on average, under tension and rarely push

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2823-2831

  Waters, Jennifer C ^a   Skibbens, Robert V ^b   Salmon, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3F3 2; Kinetochore directional instability; Mitosis; Tension

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CENTROSOME; CHROMATIN; KINETOCHORES; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; NOCODAZOLE; PHOSPHOPEPTIDES; SALAMANDRIDAE;

ANIMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0030479048     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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