Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology

Mio depletion links mTOR regulation to Aurora A and Plk1 activation at mitotic centrosomes

Earnshaw lab paper featured in the Journal of Cell Biology.

Image from Earnshaw paper Journal of Cell Biology 2015

Authors

Platani, M., L. Trinkle-Mulcahy, M. Porter, A.A. Jeyaprakash and W.C. Earnshaw

Summary

This paper shows that the important kinase mTOR has an important role in regulating the activation of Aurora A and Plk1 kinases at mitotic centrosomes. This is the first evidence for a role of mTOR in mitosis.

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