Centromeres become unstuck without heterochromatin

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 419-424

  Bernard, Pascal ^a   Allshire, Robin C ^b  

^a Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESIN;

ANAPHASE; CELL ADHESION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ARM; EUKARYOTE; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METAPHASE; METAZOON; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIDS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; METAZOA;

EID: 0036709623     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8924(02)02344-9     Document Type: Review

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