Caenorhabditis elegans contains a third polo-like kinase gene

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 327-334

  Chase, Dan ^a,c   Golden, Andy ^a,d   Heidecker, Gisela ^b   Ferris, Douglas K ^b  

^a NCI FCRF   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elepns; cell cycle; polo box; Polo like kinase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC REGULATION; POLO LIKE KINASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033646410     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425170009033251     Document Type: Article

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