Sister chromatid cohesion in mitosis

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 230-236

  Biggins, Sue ^a   Murray, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID;

EID: 0033118881     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80034-3     Document Type: Article

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