Functional coordination of three mitotic motors in Drosophila embryos

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 241-253

  Sharp, David J ^a   Brown, Heather M ^a   Kwon, Mijung ^a   Rogers, Gregory C ^a   Holland, Gina ^a   Scholey, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0033967801     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.1.241     Document Type: Article

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