A Molecular Evolution Approach to Study the Roles of Tropomyosin in Fission Yeast

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Cranz Mileva, Susanne ^a   Pamula, Melissa C ^a,b   Barua, Bipasha ^a   Desai, Brinda ^a   Hong, Yaejee Hannah ^a   Russell, Jacquelyn ^a   Trent, Richard ^a   Wang, Jianqiu ^a   Walworth, Nancy C ^a   Hitchcock DeGregori, Sarah E ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; CDC8 PROTEIN, S POMBE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CDC8 GENE; CELL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; THERMOSTABILITY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 84885970040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076726     Document Type: Article

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