Chromosome elasticity and mitotic polar ejection force measured in living Drosophila embryos by four-dimensional microscopy-based motion analysis

Current Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 569-578

  Marshall, Wallace F ^a,c   Marko, John F ^b   Agard, David A ^a   Sedat, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035901591     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00180-4     Document Type: Article

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