Facile synthesis of budding yeast a-factor and its use to synchronize cells of α Mating type

Yeast

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 233-240

  O'Reilly, Nicola ^a   Charbin, Adrian ^a   Lopez Serra, Lidia ^a   Uhlmann, Frank ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A factor; Cell cycle; Lipid peptide synthesis; Mating pheromone; Shmoo formation

Indexed keywords

MATING HORMONE ALPHA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL BUDDING; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; YEAST CELL;

CELL CYCLE; MYCOLOGY; PEPTIDES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 84862212431     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.2906     Document Type: Article

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