The polyubiquitin gene is essential for meiosis in fission yeast

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 143-152

  Okazaki, Koei ^a   Okayama, Hiroto ^b   Niwa, Osami ^a  

^a KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Centromere; Fission yeast; Meiosis; Polyubiquitin gene; Spindle pole body; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYUBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0034627766     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4728     Document Type: Article

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