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Essential role for Schizosaccharomyces pombe pik1 in septation.
PloS one - 9 Jul 2009
Park Jae-Sook, Steinbach Sarah K, Desautels Michel, Hemmingsen Sean M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Schizosaccharomyces pombe pik1 encodes a phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase, reported to bind Cdc4, but not Cdc4(G107S). PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Gene deletion revealed that pik1 is essential. In cells with pik1 deleted, ectopic expression of a loss-of-function allele, created by fusion to a temperature-sensitive dihydrofolate reductase, allowed normal cell proliferation at 25 degrees C. At 36 degrees C, cells...
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