Protein phosphatase 2A is involved in hyphal growth of Neurospora crassa

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 523-531

  Yatzkan, E ^a   Szoor B ^b,c   Feher Z ^b   Dombradi V ^b   Yarden, O ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Calyculin A; Cantharidin; Neurospora crassa; Okadaic acid; Protein phosphatase 2A

Indexed keywords

CALYCULIN A; CANTHARIDIN; FUNGAL DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANTHARIDIN; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL DIVISION; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ISOCITRATE LYASE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; OXAZOLES; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0031659579     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050844     Document Type: Article

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