Polo-like kinases and the orchestration of cell division

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 429-440

  Barr, Francis A ^a   Silljé, Herman H W ^a   Nigg, Erich A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCKING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLO LIKE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOKINESIS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROSOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 2942615282     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1401     Document Type: Review

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