Citron kinase is a regulator of mitosis and neurogenic cytokinesis in the neocortical ventricular zone

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 588-591

  LoTurco, Joseph J ^a   Sarkisian, Mathew R ^b   Cosker, Laurie ^a   Bai, Jilin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRON KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO; ENZYME REGULATION; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MITOSIS; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS;

EID: 0037904839     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/13.6.588     Document Type: Article

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