Regulation of cell polarity by microtubules in fission yeast

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 457-471

  Sawin, Kenneth E ^a   Nurse, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; Cell polarity; Microtubules; S. pombe; Thiabendazole

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TIABENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; EUKARYOTE; FISSION NEUTRON; MATING; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES; YEAST;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; THIABENDAZOLE;

EID: 0032572528     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.2.457     Document Type: Article

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