The enigmatic cytoophidium: Compartmentation of CTP synthase via filament formation

BioEssays

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-164

  Liu, Ji Long ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CTP synthase; Cytoophidium; Intracellular compartmentation; Metabolic cell biology; Nucleotide

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOOPHIDIUM; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; GOLGI APPARATUS; YEASTS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79951551455     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201000129     Document Type: Article

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