Chromatin Shapes the Mitotic Spindle

Cell

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 502-513

  Dinarina, Ana ^a   Pugieux, Céline ^a   Corral, Maria Mora ^a   Loose, Martin ^a   Spatz, Joachim ^b,c   Karsenti, Eric ^a   Nédélec, François ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

CELLBIO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EGG; FEMALE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 68049114778     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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