The polo-like kinases (Plks) play several overlapping roles in cell cycle progression (reviewed in refs 1–3). Mutation of the Plk proteins Polo in Drosophila, Plo1 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe and ...
Polo-like kinases (Plks) are conserved from yeasts to humans but are absent from plants. The Plk family is characterized by the presence of an amino-terminal kinase domain and a carboxy-terminal ...