Foreword: Centromeres, kinetochores and the segregation of chromosomes

Chromosome Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 517-520

  Farr, Christine J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES;

EID: 16644402090     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CHRO.0000036609.99052.35     Document Type: Editorial

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