On growth and form: Control of cell morphogenesis in fission yeast

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 712-718

  Verde, Fulvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL DIVISION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MICROTUBULES; MORPHOGENESIS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032249331     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80120-3     Document Type: Article

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