Byr4 and Cdc16 form a two-component GTPase-activating protein for the SPG1 GTPase that controls septation in fission yeast

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 947-954

  Furge, Kyle A ^a   Wong, Kelvin ^b   Armstrong, John ^c   Balasubramanian, Mohan ^b   Albright, Charles F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HYBRID; MUTANT; SEPTATION;

MAMMALIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0032572767     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70394-X     Document Type: Article

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