A temperature-sensitive splicing mutation in the bimG gene of Aspergillus produces an N-terminal fragment which interferes with type 1 protein phosphatase function

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 4574-4583

  Hughes, M ^a,b   Arundhati, A ^a,c   Lunness, P ^a   Shaw, P J ^a   Doonan, J H ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Interfering mutant; Protein phosphatase; Splicing

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOSITY; INTRON; LETHAL MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SPLICING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

EID: 0029838876     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00835.x     Document Type: Article

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