Progress towards understanding the mechanism of cytokinesis in fission yeast

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 425-430

  Pollard, Thomas D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Contractile ring; Cytokinesis; Fission yeast; Fluorescent fusion protein; Formin; Myosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; COFILIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; METHENAMINE; MYOSIN II; PROFILIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANAPHASE; CELL CYCLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; DIPLOIDY; FISSION YEAST; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOIDY; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SIMULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; YEAST; YEAST CELL;

CYTOKINESIS; MYOSIN TYPE II; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 45249117275     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0360425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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