Isolation and characterization of YlBEM1, a gene required for cell polarization and differentiation in the dimorphic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 526-537

  Hurtado, Cleofe A R ^a   Rachubinski, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

ACTIN; CHITIN; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOTOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YARROWIA;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL POLARITY; CHITIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; YARROWIA;

EID: 0036690548     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.4.526-537.2002     Document Type: Article

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