A wat1 mutant of fission yeast is defective in cell morphology

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-138

  Kemp, J T ^a   Balasubramanian, M K ^a   Gould, K L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cell polarity; Fission yeast; Profilin; WD 40 repeats

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; YEAST;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030928485     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050400     Document Type: Article

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