Genetic interactions with mutations affecting septin assembly reveal ESCRT functions in budding yeast cytokinesis

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 392, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 699-712

  McMurray, Michael A ^a   Stefan, Christopher J ^b   Wemmer, Megan ^c   Odorizzi, Greg ^c   Emr, Scott D ^b   Thorner, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b School of Integrative Plant Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

abscission; cell division; endocytosis; exocytosis; septation; suppression

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE II; ESCRT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SEPTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; CELL BUDDING; CELL DIVISION; CELL KINETICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINESIS; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOMAL SORTING COMPLEXES REQUIRED FOR TRANSPORT; EXOCYTOSIS; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SEPTINS;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 80052706416     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2011.091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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