The dream of every chromosome: Equal segregation for a healthy life of the host

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 570, Issue , 2005, Pages 281-310

  Matsumoto, Tomohiro ^a   Yanagida, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; CONDENSIN;

CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 34548702206     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3764-3_10     Document Type: Review

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