Aurora kinases play important roles in many events during cell mitosis, such as centrosome maturation and separation, spindle assembly and maintenance, chromosome segregation, cytokinesis and so on.

• 在细胞有丝分裂中，极光激酶参与了诸如中心体成熟分离、纺锤体组装和维持、染色体分离以及胞质分裂等多个事件。