Macromolecular and ultrastructural organization of the mitotic chromosome scaffold

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-105

  Donev, Rossen M ^a   Djondjurov, Lalio P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; REPETITIVE DNA; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; MICE; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR MATRIX; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA; TELOMERE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032973121     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104454999315484     Document Type: Article

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