Genes that cause aberrant cell morphology by overexpression in fission yeast: A role of a small GTP-binding protein Rho2 in cell morphogenesis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-159

  Hirata, Dai ^a   Nakano, Kentaro ^b   Fukui, Mikiko ^a   Takenaka, Hiroshi ^a   Miyakawa, Tokichi ^a   Mabuchi, Issei ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell morphogenesis; F actin patch; Fission yeast; Rho

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INTERPHASE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; CDC25 PHOSPHATASE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031931284     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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