Failure to farnesylate Rheb protein contributes to the enrichment of G0/G1 phase cells in the Schizosaccharomyces pombe farnesyltransferase mutant

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1339-1347

  Yang, Wenli ^a   Tabancay Jr , Angel P ^a   Urano, Jun ^a,b   Tamanoi, Fuyuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; CANAVANINE; PROTEIN FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN RHEB G; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; G0 PHASE; G1 PHASE; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0034797345     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02599.x     Document Type: Article

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