Nif1, a novel mitotic inhibitor in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1342-1350

  Wu, Lin ^a   Russell, Paul ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Fission yeast; Mitosis; Nim1; Wee1

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA;

INSECTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031003884     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.6.1342     Document Type: Article

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