The control of septum formation in fission yeast

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2939-2951

  Gould, Kathleen L ^a   Simanis, Viesturs ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030718601     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.22.2939     Document Type: Review

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