A cell-free system for functional centromere and kinetochore assembly

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1847-1869

  Guse, Annika ^a   Fuller, Colin J ^a   Straight, Aaron F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; NOCODAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CENTROMERE; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INCUBATION TIME; INTERPHASE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; KINETOCHORES; XENOPUS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870051852     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.112     Document Type: Article

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