A genomic screen identifies AUT8 as a novel gene essential for autophagy in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Gene

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 151-156

  Barth, Henning ^a   Thumm, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

AUT8; Autophagy; Genomic screen; Yeast deletion strain collection

Indexed keywords

BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; NITROGEN; PEPTIDASE; PROAMINOPEPTIDASE I; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPOROGENESIS; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; AUTOPHAGY; ENZYME PRECURSORS; EOSINE I BLUISH; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOME, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0035934225     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00614-X     Document Type: Article

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