The α-glucanase Agn1p is required for cell separation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 569-576

  García, Ignacio ^a   Jiménez, David ^a   Martín, Victoria ^a   Durán, Angel ^a   Sánchez, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell wall mutant; Cytokinesis; Fission yeast; Fungal cell wall; Mutanese

Indexed keywords

1,3 ALPHA GLUCANASE; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 21644461976     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20040096     Document Type: Article

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