Ustilago maydis rho1 and 14-3-3 homologues participate in pathways controlling cell separation and cell polarity

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 977-989

  Pham, Cau D ^a   Yu, Zhanyang ^a,d   Sandrock, Björn ^b   Bölker, Michael ^b   Gold, Scott E ^c   Perlin, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLA4 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PDC1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; PROTEIN 14 3 3; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO;

14-3-3 PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURVIVAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO;

EUKARYOTA; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67650473594     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00009-09     Document Type: Article

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