The dynamic behavior of individual microtubules associated with chromosomes in vitro

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2857-2871

  Hunt, Alan J ^a   McIntosh, J Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHO CELL; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031694617     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.10.2857     Document Type: Article

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