Attachment of kinetochores to spindle microtubules during meiosis I of Lilium microsporocytes

Chromosome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-130

  Suzuki, T ^a   Tanaka, I ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Centromere kinetochore; First meiotic division; Immunofluorescence; Plant meiocytes; Spindle microtubules

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LILIUM; LILIUM LONGIFLORUM;

EID: 0032930557     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009247116452     Document Type: Article

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