Rapamycin specifically interferes with the developmental response of fission yeast to starvation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6325-6334

  Weisman, R ^a   Choder, M ^a   Koltin, Y ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; RAPAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH REGULATION; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0030800386     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.20.6325-6334.1997     Document Type: Article

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