Morphology transition genes in the dimorphic fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces japonicus

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-154

  Enczi, Klara ^a   Yamaguchi, Masashi ^b   Sipiczki, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell polarity; Dimorphism; Fission yeast; Morphogenesis; Septum; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUNGUS MUTATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

ALLELES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MUTATION; MYCELIUM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES JAPONICUS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 34447324350     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-007-9142-x     Document Type: Article

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