A surprising role for the Sch9 protein Kinase in chromosome segregation in Candida albicans

Genetics

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 671-674

  Varshney, Neha ^a   Schaekel, Alida ^b   Singha, Rima ^a   Chakraborty, Tanmoy ^a,c   van Wijlick, Lasse ^b   Ernst, Joachim F ^b   Sanyal, Kaustuv ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Centromere; Chromosome segregation; Kinase; Kinetochore; Sch9

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE; SCH9 PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84924955752     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.114.173542     Document Type: Article

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