A role for Drosophila polo protein in chromosome resolution and segregation during mitosis

Cell Cycle

Volumn 7, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2529-2534

  Godinho, Susana ^a,c   Tavares, Álvaro A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome resolution; Drosophila; Mitosis; Polo; Scc1

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; POLO LIKE KINASE 1; PROTEIN ROUGH DEAL; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SISTER CHROMATID COHESION 1;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL LINE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROMETAPHASE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SISTER CHROMATID; TENSION;

EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 49749093467     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.7.16.6439     Document Type: Article

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