PWP2, a member of the WD-repeat family of proteins, is an essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene involved in cell separation

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 101-114

  Shafaatian, Reza ^a,b   Payton, Mark A ^a   Reid, John D ^a  

^a GLAXO INST FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Essential gene; PWP2; WD repeat; Yeast; transducin

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSDUCIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPLASM; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029904482     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02173210     Document Type: Article

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