Partner telomeres during anaphase in crane-fly spermatocytes are connected by an elastic tether that exerts a backward force and resists poleward motion

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1541-1549

  LaFountain Jr , James R ^a   Cole, Richard W ^a   Rieder, Conly L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphase; Chromosomes; Kinetochores; Laser; Meiosis; Microbeam; Spindle; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL CULTURE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER; MALE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPINDLE POLE BODY; TELOMERE;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; DIPTERA; ELASTICITY; KINETOCHORES; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; SPERMATOCYTES; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; TIPULIDAE;

EID: 0036538659     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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