The Kinetochore: From Molecular Discoveries to Cancer Therapy

by William C. Earnshaw

Book Overview

Kinetochores orchestrate the faithful transmission of chromosomes from one generation to the next. Kinetochores were first depicted over 100 years ago, but kinetochore research has progressed by leaps and bounds since the first description of their constituent DNA and proteins in the 1980s. " The Kinetochore: from Molecular Discoveries to Cancer Therapy" presents a thorough up-to-date analysis of kinetochore and centromere composition, formation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387690735
• ISBN13: 9780387690735
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"