Mitosis in cells with unreplicated genomes (MUGs): Spindle assembly and behavior of centromere fragments

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 291-302

  Wise, Dwayne A ^a   Brinkley, B R ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosome movement; kinetochores and spindle microtubules; mitotic cells with unreplicated genomes; recovery from mitotic arrest; spindle dynamics in mitotic cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHO CELL; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPLICATION; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DEMECOLCINE; GENOME; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 0031057152     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)36:3<291::AID-CM9>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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