Identification and characterization of plant Haspin kinase as a histone H3 threonine kinase

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Haspin kinases are mitotic kinases that are well-conserved from yeast to human. Human Haspin is a histone H3 Thr3 kinase that has important roles in chromosome cohesion during mitosis. Moreover, phosphorylation of histone H3 at Thr3...

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Main Authors: Omura Tomohiro, Matsunaga Sachihiro, Kurihara Daisuke, Higashiyama Tetsuya, Fukui Kiichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/11/73