The fission yeast gamma-tubulin is essential for mitosis and is localized at microtubule organizing centers.

doi:10.1242/jcs.99.4.693

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The fission yeast gamma-tubulin is essential for mitosis and is localized at microtubule organizing centers.

Journal of cell science - 1 Aug 1991

Horio T, Uzawa S, Jung M K, Oakley B R, Tanaka K, Yanagida M

Abstract excerpt

gamma-Tubulin exists in fission yeast as the product of an essential gene, encoding a 446 amino acid protein that is 77.3% identical to Aspergillus nidulans gamma-tubulin. The gene disruption caused cell lethality, displaying condensed, undivided chromosomes with aberrant spindle structures. Anti...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Base Sequence
Microscopy, Electron
Microtubules
Mitosis
Molecular Sequence Data
Phenotype
Schizosaccharomyces
Tubulin

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