Analysing kinetochore function in human cells: Spindle checkpoint and chromosome congression

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 545, Issue , 2009, Pages 205-220

  Klebig, Christiane ^a   Toso, Alberto ^a   Borusu, Satyarebala ^a   Meraldi, Patrick ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

chromosome congression; Kinetochore; microtubules; mitosis; nuclear envelope breakdown; spindle checkpoint

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CENTROMERE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 70350718242     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-993-2_12     Document Type: Article

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