Eleven novel sep genes of Schizosaccharomyces pombe required for efficient cell separation and sexual differentiation

Yeast

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 669-686

  Grallert, A ^a   Grallert, B ^b   Zilahi, E ^a   Szilagyi, Z ^a   Sipiczki, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Fission yeast; Hyphae; Pheromone; Septum; Sporulation; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ACTINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHLORIDES; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HEAT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033564190     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(19990615)15:8<669::AID-YEA411>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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