The Aurora kinases: Role in cell transformation and tumorigenesis

Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 451-464

  Katayama, Hiroshi ^a   Brinkley, William R ^b   Sen, Subrata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrosome microtubule organizing center; Chromosome instability; Cytokinesis; Kinetochore; Mitosis; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

AURORA A KINASE; AURORA B KINASE; AURORA C KINASE; AURORA KINASE; HISTONE H3; KINESIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN P53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHROMOSOMES; G2 PHASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0038341158     PISSN: 01677659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023789416385     Document Type: Review

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