Fission yeast pheromone blocks S-phase by inhibiting the G1 cyclin B-p34(cdc2) kinase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 534-544

  Stern, Bodo ^a   Nurse, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclin B cdc2 kinase; Pheromone; S phase; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Transcription control

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL SIZE; CYCLIN B; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; CYCLINS; DNA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROXYUREA; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; S PHASE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031013307     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.3.534     Document Type: Article

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