Methionine induces sexual development in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe via an ste11-dependent signalling pathway

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6338-6341

  Schweingruber, Anne Marie ^a   Hilti, Norma ^a   Edenharter, Eleonore ^a   Schweingruber, M Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031757757     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.180.23.6338-6341.1998     Document Type: Article

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