The spindle checkpoint: From normal cell division to tumorigenesis

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 155-165

  Lopes, Carla S ^a   Sunkel, Claudio E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Cancer; Checkpoint; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

EID: 0037824791     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(03)00024-9     Document Type: Review

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