Proper Microtubule Structure Is Vital for Timely Progression through Meiosis in Fission Yeast

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Yamashita, Akira ^a   Fujita, Yoshihiro ^b   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^a,b  

^a KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; HAPLOIDY; MAL3 GENE; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST; ZYGOTE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

MAL3 PROTEIN, S POMBE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE DELETION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; PHENOTYPE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878754369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065082     Document Type: Article

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