The involvement of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe sep9/spt8+ gene in the regulation of septum cleavage

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 757-767

  Batta, Gyula ^a   Szilagyi, Zsolt ^a   Laczik, Miklos ^a   Sipiczki, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cell division; Mediator; SAGA; Spt8; Transcription

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPT8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACE2 GENE; ACIDITY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; DEGRADATION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MED18 GENE; MED8 GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEP11 GENE; SEP15 GENE; SEP9 GENE; SPT8 GENE;

CELL DIVISION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, ESSENTIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES JAPONICUS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 67651148304     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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