A Schizosaccharomyces pombe gene, ksg1, that shows structural homology to the human phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase PDK1, is essential for growth, mating and sporulation

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 177-183

  Niederberger, C ^a   Schweingruber, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inositol; ksg1; PDK1 protein kinase; Phosphoinositide dependent signalling; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; INOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033056431     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050955     Document Type: Article

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