A centrosomal function for the human Nek2 protein kinase, a member of the NIMA family of cell cycle regulators

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 470-481

  Fry, Andrew M ^a   Meraldi, Patrick ^a   Nigg, Erich A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Centrosome; Mitosis; Nek2; NIMA

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROSOME; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032518798     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.2.470     Document Type: Article

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