title: TPX or not TPX?
abstract: An Aurora A regulatory module has been identified in two different proteins: TPX2 in Xenopus laevis and TPXL-1 in C. elegans. The diverse roles of these two proteins in spindle assembly leave us to beckon the true C. elegans TPX2 ortholog to center stage.
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology and Biophysics Program, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karsenti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017385:Sequence Homology; D029867:Xenopus Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C486551:TPX2 protein, Xenopus; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases