C. elegans Cell Cycle Analysis

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 265-294

  Van den Heuvel, Sander ^a,b   Kipreos, Edward T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endoreplication; Flow cytometry; Kinetochore; Microtubule; Pronucleus; Quiescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855452562     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394620-1.00009-6     Document Type: Chapter

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