Mis-specification of cortical identity in a fission yeast PAK mutant

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 1335-1338

  Sawin, Kenneth E ^a,b   Hajibagheri, M A Nasser ^c   Nurse, Paul ^a  

^a Cell Regulation Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CELL POLARITY; FUNGAL GROWTH; GROWTH REGULATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0033581826     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)80058-5     Document Type: Article

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