Mechanisms of cell division: Lessons from a nematode;Mécanismes de division cellulaire: Leçons d'un nématode

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 735-742

  Gönczy, Pierre ^a  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; SPINDLE POLE BODY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 0042430117     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20031967735     Document Type: Review

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