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Schizosaccharomyces pombe Pmr1p is essential for cell wall integrity and is required for polarized cell growth and cytokinesis.
Eukaryotic cell - 1 Oct 2004
Cortés Juan Carlos G, Katoh-Fukui Reiko, Moto Kanako, Ribas Juan Carlos, Ishiguro Junpei
Abstract excerpt
The cps5-138 fission yeast mutant shows an abnormal lemon-like morphology at 28 degrees C in minimal medium and a lethal thermosensitive phenotype at 37 degrees C. Cell growth is completely inhibited at 28 degrees C in a Ca2+-free medium, in which the wild type is capable of growing normally. Under these conditions, actin patches become randomly distributed throughout the cell, and defects in septum formation and...
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