CaMtw1, a member of the evolutionarily conserved Mis12 kinetochore protein family, is required for efficient inner kinetochore assembly in the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-32

  Roy, Babhrubahan ^a   Burrack, Laura S ^b   Lone, Museer A ^a,c   Berman, Judith ^b   Sanyal, Kaustuv ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; HISTONE; PROTEIN MIF2; PROTEIN MIS12; PROTEIN MTW1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL VIABILITY; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MTW1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FUNGAL PROTEINS; KINETOCHORES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 79953045608     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07558.x     Document Type: Article

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