The in vivo expression pattern of mouse Nek2, a NIMA-related kinase, indicates a role in both mitosis and meiosis

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 264-274

  Tanaka, Kayoko ^a   Parvinen, Martti ^b   Nigg, Erich A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; NIMA related kinases; Oogenesis; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031574439     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1997.3788     Document Type: Article

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