Regulation of chromosome condensation and segregation

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-190

  McHugh, Brian ^a   Heck, Margarete M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0037382220     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(03)00027-3     Document Type: Review

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