Is intracellular pH a clock for mitosis?

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gagliardi, L John ^a   Shain, Daniel H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

BIOPOLYMERS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TUBULIN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873699850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-10-8     Document Type: Review

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