Climbing the Greatwall to Mitosis
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Greatwall maintains mitosis through regulation of PP2A.
Greatwall (GW) is a new kinase that has an important function in the activation and the maintenance of cyclin B-Cdc2 activity. Although the mechanism by which it induces this effect is unknown, it has been suggested that GW could maintain cyclin B-Cdc2 activity by regulating its activation loop. Using Xenopus egg extracts, we show that GW depletion promotes mitotic exit, even in the presence of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Cell
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1097-2765
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.04.005