Cloning and characterization of Plx2 and Plx3, two additional Polo-like kinases from Xenopus laevis

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 78-87

  Duncan, Peter I ^a   Pollet, Nicolas ^b   Niehrs, Christof ^b   Nigg, Erich A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; In situ hybridization; Protein kinase; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PLX1 PROTEIN; PLX2 PROTEIN; PLX3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERPHASE; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0035886693     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.2001.5333     Document Type: Article

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