The Drosophila POLO kinase localises to multiple compartments of the mitotic apparatus and is required for the phosphorylation of MPM2 reactive epitopes

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				K. W. Dobie, C. D. Kennedy, V. M. Velasco, T. L. McGrath, J. Weko, R. W. Patterson, and G. H. Karpen Identification of Chromosome Inheritance Modifiers in Drosophila melanogaster Genetics, April 1, 2001; 157(4): 1623 - 1637. [Abstract] [Full Text]

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				J. K. Yucel, J. D. Marszalek, J. R. McIntosh, L. S.B. Goldstein, D. W. Cleveland, and A. V. Philp CENP-meta, an Essential Kinetochore Kinesin Required for the Maintenance of Metaphase Chromosome Alignment in Drosophila J. Cell Biol., July 11, 2000; 150(1): 1 - 12. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Henikoff, K. Ahmad, J. S. Platero, and B. van Steensel From the Cover: Heterochromatic deposition of centromeric histone H3-like proteins PNAS, January 18, 2000; 97(2): 716 - 721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				D. P. Mulvihill, J. Petersen, H. Ohkura, D. M. Glover, and I. M. Hagan Plo1 Kinase Recruitment to the Spindle Pole Body and Its Role in Cell Division in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Mol. Biol. Cell, August 1, 1999; 10(8): 2771 - 2785. [Abstract] [Full Text]

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				R Giet and C Prigent Aurora/Ipl1p-related kinases, a new oncogenic family of mitotic serine-threonine kinases J. Cell Sci., January 11, 1999; 112(21): 3591 - 3601. [Abstract] [PDF]

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