Localization of the (1,3)β-D-glucan synthase catalytic subunit homologue Bgs1p/Cps1p from fission yeast suggests that it is involved in septation, polarized growth, mating, spore wall formation and spore germination

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4081-4096

  Cortés, Juan Carlos G ^a   Ishiguro, Junpei ^b   Durán, Angel ^a   Ribas, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,3 D glucan synthase; Cell wall; Fission yeast; Glucan; Polarized growth; Septation

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; ACTIN; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; MUTANT PROTEIN; 1,3-BETA-GLUCAN SYNTHASE; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-GLUCAN; GLUCAN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN;

CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; CELL GROWTH; CELL REGENERATION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPISTASIS; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; MATING; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPOROGENESIS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; ZYGOTE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GERMINATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ACTINS; BETA-GLUCANS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL WALL; GERMINATION; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEIOSIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 1842844755     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00085     Document Type: Review

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