Methods for the study of centrosome-independent spindle assembly in Xenopus extracts

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 67, 2001, Pages 241-256

  Wignall, Sarah M ^a   Heald, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTROSOME; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CENTROSOME; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; XENOPUS;

EID: 33846173659     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(01)67017-1     Document Type: Article

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