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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 25.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2018 Jan 24;19(5):297–312. doi: 10.1038/nrm.2017.127

Table 1.

A brief guide to nomenclature

H. sapiens D. melanogaster C. elegans Chlamydomonas
PLK4 Plk4 (SAK) zyg-1
SAS-6 DSas-6 sas-6 BLD12
STIL Ana2 sas-5
CPAP (CENPJ) DSas-4 sas-4
CEP135 DCep135 BLD10
CEP152 Asl
CEP192 DSpd-2 spd-2
CEP215 (CDK5RAP2) Cnn spd-5
CEP295 Ana1

Footnotes: Plk4 = Polo-like kinase 4; SAS-6 = Spindle Assembly Abnormal 6; STIL = SCL/TAL1 Interrupting Locus; CPAP = Centrosomal P4.1-Associated Protein/CENPJ = Centromere Protein J; CEP135= Centrosomal Protein 135; CEP152 = Centrosomal Protein 152; CEP192 = Centrosomal Protein 192; CDK5RAP2/CEP216 = CDK5 Regulatory Subunit Associated Protein 2/Centrosomal Protein 216; CEP295 = Centrosomal Protein 295; Ana2 = Anastral Spindle 2; SAS-4 = Spindle Assembly Abnormal 4; Asl = Asterless; Dspd-2 = Spindle Defective 2; Cnn = centrosomin; Ana1 = Anastral Spindle 1; zyg-1 = Zygote defective 1; sas-5 = Spindle Assembly Abnormal 5; spd-5 = Spindle Defective 5; BLD12 = Bald 12; BLD10 = Bald 10.