A role for a protease in morphogenic responses during yeast cell fusion

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1473-1485

  Elia, Lisa ^a   Marsh, Lorraine ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fusion; GTPase; Mating; Metalloprotease; Morphogenesis; Yeast

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL SURFACE; CONJUGATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MATING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST CELL;

CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASE-LINKED ELONGATION FACTORS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0032555945     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.6.1473     Document Type: Article

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