RHO GTPases in the control of cell morphology, cell polarity, and actin localization in fission yeast

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-60

  Arellano, Manuel ^a,b   Coll, Pedro M ^a   Pérez, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Actin organisation; RHO GTPases; Schozosaccharomyces pombe; Signal tranduction pathways

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SIGNALING; MORPHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN ORGANIZATION; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELL POLARITY; FISSION YEAST; GTPASES; RHO GTPASE; RHO GTPASES; SCHOZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SIGNAL TRANDUCTION PATHWAY;

PROTEINS;

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO FACTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032846638     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19991001)47:1<51::AID-JEMT5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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