Polarity and division site specification in yeast

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 678-686

  Palmieri, Stephen J ^a   Haarer, Brian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCETALES;

ACTIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACTINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032234255     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80115-X     Document Type: Article

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