Frailty of two cell cycle checkpoints which prevent entry into mitosis and progression through early mitotic stages in higher plant cells

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 289-293

  Del Campo, Antonio ^a   Giménez Martín, Gonzalo ^b   López Sáez, Jorge F ^c   De La Torre, Consuelo ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

5 Aminouracil; Cell cycle checkpoints frailty; G2< inf> to M transition; Inhibition of DNA synthesis; Multinucleate cells; Onion meristems; Premature chromosome condensation

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CYTOKINESIS; DNA SYNTHESIS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; ONION; PLANT CELL; PREMATURE CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE;

ALLIUM CEPA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 1842333842     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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