Chapter 15 The Use and Action of Drugs in Analyzing Mitosis

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 61, Issue C, 1998, Pages 267-295

  Jordan, Mary Ann ^a   Wilson, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0032621410     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)61986-X     Document Type: Article

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