Chr4, a Schizosaccharomyces pombe homologue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Chs4p/Skt5p protein, is related to septum formation and is required for the proper localization of Chs2

Yeast

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1005-1019

  Matsuo, Yasuhiro ^a   Matsuura, Yoshinori ^a   Tanaka, Katsunori ^a   Matsuda, Hideyuki ^a   Kawamukai, Makoto ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chr4; Chs2; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Septum formation

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; DNA FRAGMENT; FUNGAL ENZYME; PROTEIN CHR1; PROTEIN CHR2; PROTEIN CHR3; PROTEIN CHR4; PROTEIN CHS4P; PROTEIN SKT5P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SEPTUM; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 6344240797     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1145     Document Type: Article

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