Fission yeast Rgf2p is a Rho1p guanine nucleotide exchange factor required for spore wall maturation and for the maintenance of cell integrity in the absence of Rgf1p

Genetics

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1321-1334

  García, Patricia ^a   García, Ignacio ^a,b   Marcos, Félix ^a   De Garibay, Gorka Ruiz ^a,c   Sánchez, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; RGF1P PROTEIN; RGF2P PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RGF1 PROTEIN, S POMBE; RGF2 PROTEIN, S POMBE; RHO1 PROTEIN, S POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPOROGENESIS; WILD TYPE; YEAST CELL; ZYGOTE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL WALL; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 67650314817     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.094839     Document Type: Article

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