Cyclin A2 Is Phosphorylated During the G2/M Transition in Mouse Two-Cell Embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-348

  Ohashi, Akihiro ^a,b   Imai, Hiroshi ^a   Minami, Naojiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Butyrolactone I; Cdc2; Cyclin A; Mouse embryo; Okadaic acid; Phosphorylation; Two cell block

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CYCLIN A; CYCLIN A2; NOCODAZOLE; OKADAIC ACID; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; CELL CYCLE; CYCLIN A; EMBRYO; G2 PHASE; MICE; MITOSIS; NOCODAZOLE; OKADAIC ACID; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0242353390     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10366     Document Type: Article

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