Functional roles of poleward microtubule flux during mitosis

Cell Cycle

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 481-485

  Ganem, Neil J ^a   Compton, Duane A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Kif2a; Kinetochore; MCAK; Merotelic; Spindle

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTION; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ERROR; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; METAZOON; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TURNOVER TIME;

METAZOA;

EID: 33644772214     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.5.5.2519     Document Type: Review

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