The Nek6 and Nek7 protein kinases are required for robust mitotic spindle formation and cytokinesis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3975-3990

  O'Regan, Laura ^a   Fry, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE NEK6; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE NEK7; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CYTOKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 67650021805     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01867-08     Document Type: Article

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