Mitosis: KLP61F Goes Wee!

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Sharp, David J ^a   Rath, Uttama ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; KLP61F PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; WEE1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 70349764459     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.09.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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