The endo-β-1,3-glucanase eng1p is required for dissolution of the primary septum during cell separation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1689-1698

  Martín Cuadrado, Ana Belén ^a   Dueñas, Encarnación ^a   Sipiczki, Matthias ^b   Vázquez de Aldana, Carlos R ^a   del Rey, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

1,3 glucanase; Ace2p; Cell separation; Cytokinesis; Primary septum hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; ENDO 1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; GENE PRODUCT; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MUTANT; CELL SEPARATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0038025418     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00377     Document Type: Article

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