The current view for the silencing of the spindle assembly checkpoint

Cell Cycle

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1694-1701

  Wang, Yanchang ^a   Jin, Fengzhi ^a   Higgins, Ryan ^a   McKnight, Kelly ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Checkpoint control; Chromosomes; Mitosis; Yeast biology

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANAPHASE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; GENE SILENCING; KINETOCHORE MICROTUBULE; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; YEAST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTROMERE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DYNEINS; KINETOCHORES; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; MODELS, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84901828734     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.29027     Document Type: Review

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