Pericentric chromatin loops function as a nonlinear spring in mitotic force balance

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 757-772

  Stephens, Andrew D ^a   Haggerty, Rachel A ^a   Vasquez, Paula A ^c   Vicci, Leandra ^a   Snider, Chloe E ^a   Shi, Fu ^a   Quammen, Cory ^a   Mullins, Christopher ^a   Haase, Julian ^a   Taylor II, Russell M ^a   Verdaasdonk, Jolien S ^a   Falvo, Michael R ^b   Jin, Yuan ^c   Forest Gregory, M ^c   Bloom, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CROSS LINKING; DNA SEQUENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84876322742     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201208163     Document Type: Article

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