A stochastic model of kinetochore-microtubule attachment accurately describes fission yeast chromosome segregation

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 757-774

  Gay, Guillaume ^a,b   Courtheoux, T ^a,b   Reyes, C ^a,b   Tournier, S ^a,b   Gachet, Yannick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA B KINASE;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; YEAST;

CHROMATIDS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 84860267047     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201107124     Document Type: Article

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