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SUBMITTER: Zeng WF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1860618 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical pathology 20070201 2
Chromosomal abnormalities and genomic instability are common features of, and possible driving forces in, tumorigenesis. Recently, several mitotic proteins that are critical to proper chromosome segregation have been identified. Members of the Aurora kinase family have been identified as having important roles in mitosis; overexpression induces multicellularity and fosters polyploidy. As aneuploidy is a common feature of malignant gliomas, particularly glioblastomas (GBMs), we examined 25 prospe ...[more]