Regulation of meiosis in fission yeast

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 431-436

  Yamamoto, Masayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

cAMP; G protein; Mating pheromone; Meiosis; RNA binding protein; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STARVATION;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030462624     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.21.431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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