Pneumocystis carinii contains a functional cell-division-cycle Cdc2 homologue

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-306

  Thomas Jr , Charles F ^a   Anders, Robert A ^a   Gustafson, Michael P ^a   Leof, Edward B ^a   Limper, Andrew H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; CELL CYCLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMOCYSTIS; RNA, FUNGAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0032011544     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.18.3.3122     Document Type: Article

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