Searching for the middle ground: Mechanisms of chromosome alignment during mitosis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 551-556

  Kapoor, Tarun M ^a   Compton, Duane A ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Congression; Kinesin; Poleward flux; Traction fiber

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CYCLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PARAMETERS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0037071549     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200202073     Document Type: Short Survey

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