highly conserved in eukaryotes and involved in many processes during cell division; Aurora A regulates centrosome function during M phase; Aurora-B plays roles in spindle dynamics, chromosome condensation, and cytokinesis
Also Known As:
aurora A kinase; Serine/threonine-protein kinase 13; aurora B kinase; serine/threonine protein kinase 12; AIK3 protein kinase; AURKC protein, human; AURORA2 protein; Aie1 protein, mouse; Aurkc protein, mouse; Aurora/Ipl1-related kinase 3; BTAK protein; Breast-tumor-amplified kinase; STK13 protein, human; STK15 kinase; Stk13 protein, mouse; aur kinase; aurora kinase A; aurora kinase B; aurora kinase C; aurora kinase C protein, human; aurora kinase C protein, mouse; aurora kinases; aurora-A kinase; aurora-Ipl1-related protein kinase; aurora-related kinase 2; auroraA kinase; serine/threonine protein kinase 15