Nek2B, a novel maternal form of Nek2 kinase, is essential for the assembly or maintenance of centrosomes in early Xenopus embryos

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1816-1826

  Uto, Katsuhiro ^a   Sagata, Noriyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Centrosome; Nek2; Spindle formation; Xenopus embryo

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME INHIBITION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPLICEOSOME; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034678923     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.8.1816     Document Type: Article

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