A switch in microtubule dynamics at the onset of anaphase B in the mitotic spindle of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 1423-1428

  Mallavarapu, Aneil ^a   Sawin, Ken ^b   Mitchison, Tim ^c  

^a MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0033518298     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)80090-1     Document Type: Article

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