Role of microtubules and tea1p in establishment and maintenance of fission yeast cell polarity

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 689-700

  Sawin, Kenneth E ^a   Snaith, Hilary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell polarity; Fission yeast; Microtubules; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Tea1p

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CARBENDAZIM; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN TEA1; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN TEA1; TIABENDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; YEAST CELL;

BENZIMIDAZOLES; CARBAMATES; CELL POLARITY; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; THIABENDAZOLE;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 1342305172     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00925     Document Type: Article

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