Checkpoint control in crane-fly spermatocytes: Unattached chromosomes induced by cytochalasin D or latrunculin treatment do not prevent or delay the start of anaphase

Protoplasma

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 100-111

  Forer, Arthur ^a   Pickett Heaps, Jeremy D ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaphase onset checkpoint; Crane fly spermatocytes; Cytochalasin; Latrunculin; Tensegrity

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOCHALASIN D; LATRUNCULIN; METAPHASE; PROPHASE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOCYTE;

TIPULIDAE;

EID: 0031719365     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01280592     Document Type: Article

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