Kinetochore fibre dynamics outside the context of the spindle during anaphase

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-231

  Chen, Wei ^a   Zhang, Dahong ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL TRANSFER; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEPOLYMERIZATION; GRASSHOPPER; INSECT CELL; LASER MICROBEAM MICRODISSECTION; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPINDLE CELL;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 1542609461     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1104     Document Type: Article

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