Early stages of spindle formation and independence of chromosome and microtubule cycles in Haemanthus endosperm

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-37

  Smirnova, Elena A ^a,b   Bajer, Andrew S ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Microtubules; Mitosis; Mitotic spindle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

CHROMOSOMES; LILIACEAE; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PROPHASE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; HAEMANTHUS; SCADOXUS;

EID: 0031980180     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1998)40:1<22::AID-CM3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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