Mitotic chromosome formation and the condensin paradox

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-42

  Gassmann, Reto ^a   Vagnarelli, Paola ^a   Hudson, Damien ^a   Earnshaw, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome scaffold; Chromosome structure; Chromosomes; Condensin; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

CONDENSIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 2142656052     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.03.006     Document Type: Review

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