A β-tubulin mutation selectively uncouples nuclear division and cytokinesis in Tetrahymena thermophila

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1217-1226

  Smith, Joshua J ^a,d   Yakisich, J Sebastian ^c   Kapler, Geoffrey M ^c   Cole, Eric S ^b   Romero, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TUBULIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOKINESIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR DIVISION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PACLITAXEL; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TUBULIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 6344254869     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.5.1217-1226.2004     Document Type: Article

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