The minibrain kinase homolog, mbk-2, is required for spindle positioning and asymmetric cell division in early C. elegans embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 127-139

  Pang, Ka Ming ^a   Ishidate, Takao ^a   Nakamura, Kuniaki ^a   Shirayama, Masaki ^a   Trzepacz, Chris ^a   Schubert, Charlotte M ^b   Priess, James R ^b,c   Mello, Craig C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric division; mbk 2; mei 1; P granules; pie 1; Spindle orientation

Indexed keywords

MINIBRAIN KINASE HOMOLOG 2; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEI 1; PROTEIN PIE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINDLE CELL;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0347623127     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.09.024     Document Type: Article

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