Rho1 GTPase activates the (1-3)β-D-glucan synthase and is involved in Schizosaccharomyces pombe morphogenesis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 4584-4591

  Arellano, Manuel ^a   Durán, Angel ^a   Pérez, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fission yeast; Glucan synthase; GTPase; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO FACTOR; 1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; 1,3-BETA-GLUCAN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO1 PROTEIN, S POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL WALL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; YEAST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHENOTYPE; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029814062     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00836.x     Document Type: Article

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