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Protein kinase inhibitor, staurosporine, prevents okadaic acid- or caffeine-induced chromosome condensation

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    Katsumasa Nakamura & Shigetoshi Antoku

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Nakamura, K., Antoku, S. Protein kinase inhibitor, staurosporine, prevents okadaic acid- or caffeine-induced chromosome condensation. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Animal 29, 760–762 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02634341

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