A novel fission yeast mei4 mutant that allows efficient synchronization of telomere dispersal and the first meiotic division

Yeast

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 467-479

  Kakui, Yasutaka ^a   Sato, Masamitsu ^a,b   Tanaka, Kayoko ^a,c   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fission yeast; Forkhead transcription factor; Mei4; Meiosis; Synchronization; Telomere

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN MEI4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIVISION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE CLUSTER; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TELOMERE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TELOMERE; TEMPERATURE;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 79957935492     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1851     Document Type: Article

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