A functional analysis of MELK in cell division reveals a transition in the mode of cytokinesis during Xenopus development

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 958-968

  Le Page, Yann ^a   Chartrain, Isabelle ^a   Badouel, Caroline ^a,b   Tassan, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokinesis; Early embryos; MELK; Mitosis; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE MELK; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 79952781908     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.069567     Document Type: Article

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