Aurora A kinase and its substrate TACC3 are required for central spindle assembly

EMBO Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 829-836

  Lioutas, Antonios ^a   Vernos, Isabelle ^a,b,c  

^a Centre for Genomic Regulation   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaphase; Aurora A; Central spindle; MLN8237; TACC3

Indexed keywords

AURORA A KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TACC3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTRAL SPINDLE ASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AURORA KINASE A; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 84883489432     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2013.109     Document Type: Article

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