Autocrine response of Schizosaccharomyces pombe haploid cells to mating pheromones

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-45

  Kitamura, Kenji ^a,b   Nakamura, Tomohiro ^a,c   Miki, Futaba ^a,d   Shimoda, Chikashi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fission yeast; M factor; P factor; Pheromone receptor; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030587539     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00289-3     Document Type: Article

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