Genetic control of fission yeast cell wall synthesis: The genes involved in wall biogenesis and their interactions in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 181-191

  Ishiguro, Junpei ^a  

^a KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; BIOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENETIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL WALL; GENES, FUNGAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

ANIMALIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031786740     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.73.181     Document Type: Review

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