Functional states of kinetochores revealed by laser microsurgery and fluorescent speckle microscopy

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4801-4808

  LaFountain Jr , James R ^a   Cohan, Christopher S ^a   Oldenbourg, Rudolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; FIBER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FLUORESCENT SPECKLE MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; LASER SURGERY; MICROSURGERY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; DIPTERA; KINETOCHORES; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSURGERY; MICROTUBULES; SPERMATOCYTES;

EID: 84055217458     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E11-06-0494     Document Type: Article

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