Pathways of spindle assembly

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-43

  Waters, Jennifer C ^a   Salmon, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; TUBULIN;

CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CENTROSOME; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031052157     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80149-4     Document Type: Article

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