Septins, under Cla4p regulation, and the chitin ring are required for neck integrity in budding yeast

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2128-2141

  Schmidt, Martin ^a   Varma, Archana ^a   Drgon, Tomás ^a,c   Bowers, Blair ^b   Cabib, Enrico ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CHITIN; NIKKOMYCIN Z; PROTEIN KINASE; SEPTIN;

ARTICLE; BUDDING; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CHITIN SYNTHASE III GENE; CLA4P GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; LETHALITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCREENING; YEAST;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0037910282     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-08-0547     Document Type: Article

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