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The function of a spindle checkpoint gene bub-1 in C. elegans development.
PloS one - 15 Jun 2009
Wang Xiangming, Liu Min, Li Weida, Suh Christopher D, Zhu Zuoyan, Jin Yishi, Fan Qichang
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BACKGROUND: The serine/threonine kinase BUB1 (Budding Uninhibited by Benzimidazole 1) was originally identified in yeast as a checkpoint protein, based on its mutant's incapacity of delaying the cell cycle in response to loss of microtubules. Our understanding of its function is primarily from studies carried out in yeast S. cerevisiae. It has been shown that it is a component of the mitotic spindle checkpoint...
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