Role of Rho GTPases and Rho-GEFs in the regulation of cell shape and integrity in fission yeast

Yeast

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1031-1043

  García, Patricia ^a   Tajadura, Virginia ^a   García, Ignacio ^a   Sánchez, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fission yeast; Fungal cell wall; NETO; Rho GEF family; Rho proteins

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PROTEIN CDC42; RHO GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

CELL POLARITY; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; MORPHOGENESIS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 33751271616     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1409     Document Type: Article

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