A Potential Tension-Sensing Mechanism that Ensures Timely Anaphase Onset upon Metaphase Spindle Orientation

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-74

  Rajagopalan, Srividya ^a   Bimbo, Andrea ^a   Balasubramanian, Mohan K ^a   Oliferenko, Snezhana ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0346335793     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.12.027     Document Type: Article

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