Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rgf3p is a specific Rho1 GEF that regulates cell wall β-glucan biosynthesis through the GTPase Rho1p

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 6163-6174

  Tajadura, Virginia ^a   García, Blance ^a   García, Ignacio ^a   García, Patricia ^a   Sánchez, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell wall mutants; Cytokinesis; Fission yeast; Rho GEF family; Rho1

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR 3P; RHO1P GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SORBITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL CELL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LETHALITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL WALL; CYTOKINESIS; DNA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOTYPE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 12344262374     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01530     Document Type: Article

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