A NIMA homologue promotes chromatin condensation in fission yeast

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 967-976

  Krien, Michael J E ^a,b   Bugg, Sarah J ^a   Palatsides, Manuela ^a   Asouline, Gigi ^a   Morimyo, Mitsuoki ^c   O'Connell, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Cell cycle; Chromatin condensation; Fin1; Fission yeast; NIMA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; G2 PHASE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031967471     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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