Elasticity and structure of eukaryote chromosomes studied by micromanipulation and micropipette aspiration

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Houchmandzadeh, Bahram ^a,b   Marko, John F ^b,c   Chatenay, Didier ^b,d   Libchaber, Albert ^b,e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; EUKARYOTE; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROPIPETTE; MITOSIS; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIDS; CHROMOSOMES; ELASTICITY; LUNG; METAPHASE; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS;

EID: 0030879072     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.139.1.1     Document Type: Article

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