Ultraviolet microbeam irradiations of spindle fibres in crane-fly spermatocytes and newt epithelial cells: Resolution of previously conflicting observations

Protoplasma

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 230-240

  Forer, Arthur ^a   Spurck, T ^b   Pickett Heaps, J D ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crane fly spermatocytes; Microtubules; Mitosis; Newt epithelial cells; Spindle fibres; Ultraviolet microbeam

Indexed keywords

SALAMANDRIDAE; TIPULIDAE;

EID: 0031020903     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01288032     Document Type: Article

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