Requirement of S. pombe exonuclease II, a homologue of S. cerevisiae Sep1, for normal mitotic growth and viability

Current Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 284-293

  Szankasi, Philippe ^a   Smith, Gerald R ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold sensitivity; Exonuclease II; Microtubule inhibitors; Strand exchange protein Sep1

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; EXONUCLEASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TIABENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL VIABILITY; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CAFFEINE; CARBAMATES; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXORIBONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0029848652     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050134     Document Type: Article

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