The centromere

The Kinetochore: From Molecular Discoveries to Cancer Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 45-76

  Sullivan, Beth A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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