Microneedle-based analysis of the micromechanics of the metaphase spindle assembled in xenopus laevisegg extracts

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 959-969

  Shimamoto, Yuta ^a   Kapoor, Tarun M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84872103741     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.033     Document Type: Article

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