The bending rigidity of mitotic chromosomes

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2170-2179

  Poirier, Michael G ^a   Eroglu, Sertac ^a   Marko, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; MITOSIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SALAMANDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; XENOPUS;

COLCHICINE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; COLCHICINE; ELASTICITY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MITOSIS; SALAMANDRIDAE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0035985218     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.01-08-0401     Document Type: Article

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