The Spg1p GTPase is an essential, dosage-dependent inducer of septum formation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1519-1534

  Schmidt, Susanne ^a   Sohrmann, Marc ^a   Hofmann, Kay ^a   Woollard, Alison ^b,c   Simanis, Viesturs ^a  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cytokinesis; G protein; Kinase; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030982137     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.12.1519     Document Type: Article

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