The Scw1 RNA-binding domain protein regulates septation and cell-wall structure in fission yeast

Genetics

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-58

  Karagiannis, Jim ^a   Oulton, Rena ^a,b   Young, Paul G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN SCW1; PROTEIN SID; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0036742521     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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