FH3, a domain found in formins, targets the fission yeast formin Fus1 to the projection tip during conjugation

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1217-1228

  Petersen, Janni ^a   Nielsen, Olaf ^a   Egel, Richard ^a   Hagan, Iain M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROLINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TARGETING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0032101410     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.5.1217     Document Type: Article

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