Caffeine-resistance in S. Pombe: Mutations in three novel caf genes increase caffeine tolerance and affect radiation sensitivity, fertility, and cell cycle

Current Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 481-487

  Benko, Zsigmond ^a   Miklos, Ida ^a   Carr, Antony M ^c   Sipiczki, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

resistance; Caffeine resistance; Cell cycle; pH; Pleiotropic mutation; S. pombe; UV sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA REPAIR; FERTILITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPOROGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CAFFEINE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GAMMA RAYS; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, RECESSIVE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; REPRODUCTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPORES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030746077     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050233     Document Type: Article

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