Efficient initiation of S-phase in yeast requires Cdc40p, a protein involved in pre-mRNA splicing

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 260, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 232-241

  Boger Nadjar, E ^a   Vaisman, N ^a,c   Ben Yehuda, S ^b   Kassir, Y ^a   Kupiec, M ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; mRNA splicing; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA CONTENT; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE; YEAST;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; G1 PHASE; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; S PHASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031736258     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050891     Document Type: Article

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