Yeast spore germination: A requirement for Ras protein activity during re-entry into the cell cycle

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6171-6181

  Herman, Paul K ^a,b   Rine, Jasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; G0; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Spore germination; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GERMINATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPORE GERMINATION;

CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROLASES; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RAS PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030670625     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.20.6171     Document Type: Article

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