Initial molecular characterization of a novel Rho-type GTPase RhoH in the filamentous ascomycete Ashbya gossypii

Current Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 247-255

  Walther, Andrea ^a   Wendland, Jürgen ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Gene duplication; GTPase; Morphogenesis; Polar growth; Rho protein

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASHBYA GOSSYPII; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOSKELETON; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPORE GERMINATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASCOMYCOTA; EREMOTHECIUM; EREMOTHECIUM GOSSYPII; EREMOTHECIUM SINECAUDUM; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 28044457182     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-005-0017-2     Document Type: Article

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