The cdc25 phosphatase is essential for the G2/M phase transition in the basidiomycete yeast Ustilago maydis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1482-1496

  Sgarlata, Cecilia ^a   Pérez Martín, José ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE INTERACTION; GROWTH; MITOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; USTILAGO; USTILAGO MAYDIS; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CDC25 PHOSPHATASE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; G2 PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; USTILAGO;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; USTILAGO; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 28244453198     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04925.x     Document Type: Article

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