Correcting aberrant kinetochore microtubule attachments: an Aurora B-centric view

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-58

  Kelly, Alexander E ^a   Funabiki, Hironori ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA B KINASE;

CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 60749135979     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.01.004     Document Type: Review

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