Schizosaccharomyces pombe atf1+ encodes a transcription factor required for sexual development and entry into stationary phase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 1995, Pages 6193-6208

  Takeda, Tadayuki ^a   Toda, Takashi ^a,b   Kominami, Kin Ichiro ^a   Kohnosu, Asako ^b   Yanagida, Mitsuhiro ^b   Jones, Nie ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATF; Fission yeast; G1 arrest; Sexual differentiation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

MAMMALIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0029585835     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb00310.x     Document Type: Article

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