Competence for assembly of sister chromatid cores is progressively acquired during S phase in mammalian cells

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 601-603

  Giménez Abiân, Juan F ^a   Clarke, Duncan J ^b   De La Torre, Consuelo ^a   Giménez Martín, Gonzalo ^a   Mullinger, Ann M ^d   Downes, C Stephen ^c   Johnson, Robert T ^e  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Hematopoiesis   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fusion; Core assembly; Prematurely condensed chromosomes; S phase; Sister chromatid cores

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID;

EID: 0343609288     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(99)80026-0     Document Type: Article

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