A kinase-independent role for Aurora A in the assembly of mitotic spindle microtubules in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 708-715

  Toya, Mika ^a   Terasawa, Masahiro ^a,c   Nagata, Kayo ^a   Iida, Yumi ^a   Sugimoto, Asako ^a,b  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA A KINASE; GAMMA TUBULIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79957887714     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2242     Document Type: Article

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