Osmotic balance regulates cell fusion during mating in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 961-974

  Philips, Jennifer ^a   Herskowitz, Ira ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOIDY; MATING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSSES, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HOMEOSTASIS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030884717     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.138.5.961     Document Type: Article

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