The conserved Schizosaccharomyces pombe kinase plo1, required to form a bipolar spindle, the actin ring, and septum, can drive septum formation in G1 and G2 cells

Genes and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1059-1073

  Ohkura, Hiroyuki ^a   Hagan, Iain M ^b   Glover, David M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

actin ring; bipolar spindle; plo1 kinase; polo homolog; S. pombe; septum

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN B; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; F ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0029008281     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.9.9.1059     Document Type: Article

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