The abnormal spindle-like, microcephaly-associated (ASPM) gene encodes a centrosomal protein

Cell Cycle

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1227-1229

  Zhong, Xueyan ^a   Liu, Limin ^a   Zhao, Ailian ^b   Pfeifer, Gerd P ^a   Xu, Xingzhi ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

ASPM; BRCA1; Centrosome; Drosophila asp; Primary microcephaly; Small interfering RNA; Spindle

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ABNORMAL SPINDLE LIKE MICROCEPHALY ASSOCIATED GENE; ARTICLE; CENTROSOME; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROCEPHALY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PROPHASE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOPHASE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 25444493202     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.4.9.2029     Document Type: Article

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