Aurora-A inactivation causes mitotic spindle pole fragmentation by unbalancing microtubule-generated forces

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Aurora-A is an oncogenic kinase playing well-documented roles in mitotic spindle organisation. We previously found that Aurora-A inactivation yields the formation of spindles with fragmented poles that can drive chromosome mis-segreg...

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Main Authors: Asteriti Italia A, Giubettini Maria, Lavia Patrizia, Guarguaglini Giulia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-10-01
Series:Molecular Cancer
Subjects:
Eg5
Online Access:http://www.molecular-cancer.com/content/10/1/131