Releasing the spindle assembly checkpoint without tension

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-356

  McEwen, Bruce F ^a   Dong, Yimin ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE;

EUKARYOTA; UCHIDA;

AUTOANTIGEN; CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; HYBRID PROTEIN; NDC80 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

AUTOANTIGENS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 63349107533     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200812016     Document Type: Note

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