CENP-C is necessary but not sufficient to induce formation of a functional centromere

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4196-4209

  Fukagawa, Tatsuo ^a   Pendon, Carlos ^a   Morris, John ^a   Brown, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CENP C; Centromere; DT40; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CENTROMERE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERPHASE; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MITOSIS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033517101     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.15.4196     Document Type: Article

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