Onset of chromosome segregation at the metaphase to anaphase transition of the cell cycle.

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Onset of chromosome segregation at the metaphase to anaphase transition of the cell cycle.

Progress in cell cycle research - 1 Jan 1995

Dorée M, Le Peuch C, Morin N

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Chromosome segregation is one of the most important acts in the life of the cell. Unequal inheritance of chromosomes (aneuploidy) is a cause of a number of disorders, particularly in humans, even though eukaryotic cells can arrest or delay the transition from metaphase to anaphase if an event cri...

Topics

Anaphase
Animals
Cell Cycle
Chromosomes
DNA Topoisomerases, Type II
Metaphase
Microtubules
Mitosis
Mutation
Sister Chromatid Exchange
Ubiquitins
Xenopus

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