From equator to pole: Splitting chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis

Genes and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 109-122

  Duro, Eris ^a   Marston, Adèle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinetochore; Meiosis; Microtubules; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BUDDING; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SISTER CHROMATID; CHROMATID; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA;

CHROMATIDS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; KINETOCHORES; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS;

EID: 84921497546     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.255554.114     Document Type: Review

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