Spindle assembly checkpoint and its regulators in meiosis

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-72

  Sun, Shao Chen ^a   Kim, Nam Hyung ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Chromosome segregation; Meiosis; Spindle assembly checkpoint

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE; BUB1 RELATED PROTEIN; BUB3 PROTEIN; KINESIN; NDC80 COMPLEX; PROTEIN MAD1; PROTEIN MAD2;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; GERM CELL; MEDLINE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83355177190     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmr044     Document Type: Article

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