The spindle assembly checkpoint

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 773-780

  Rudner, Adam D ^a   Murray, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE;

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030561511     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(96)80077-9     Document Type: Article

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