Identification of ACT4, a novel essential actin-related gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yeast

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 839-848

  Huang, Meng Er ^a   Souciet, Jean Luc ^b   Chuat, Jean Claude ^a   Galibert, Francis ^a  

^a Inst de Rech Contre le Cancer IRCC   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Actin related protein; Chromosome X; DAPI staining; Gene disruption; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, LETHAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030037701     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199607)12:9<839::AID-YEA982>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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