Aurora at the pole and equator: Overlapping functions of Aurora kinases in the mitotic spindle

Open Biology

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Hochegger, Helfrid ^a   Hégarat, Nadia ^a   Pereira Leal, Jose B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aurora evolution; Aurora kinases; Chromosome segregation; Kinesin; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

AURORA KINASE;

ANAPHASE; CENTROSOME; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SPINDLE APPARATUS; REVIEW;

ANAPHASE; AURORA KINASES; CENTROSOME; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 84877748582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.120185     Document Type: Article

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