Regulation of embryonic cell division by a Xenopus gastrula-specific protein kinase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 4556-4565

  Snape, A M ^a   Smith, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Gastrula; Mitotic spindle; Protein kinase; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GASTRULA; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029834120     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00833.x     Document Type: Article

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