Assembly of kinetochores in vertebrate cells

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-27

  Fukagawa, Tatsuo ^a,b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Centromere; Kinetochores; Vertebrate cells

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN;

CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTROMERE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2142809838     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.03.004     Document Type: Review

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