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The Spg1p GTPase is an essential, dosage-dependent inducer of septum formation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Genes & development - 15 Jun 1997
Schmidt S, Sohrmann M, Hofmann K, Woollard A, Simanis V
Abstract excerpt
The spg1 gene (septum-promoting GTPase) was cloned as a multicopy suppressor of a dominant-negative mutant of the Cdc7p kinase. It encodes a small GTPase of the Ras superfamily. spg1 is an essential gene. Null or heat-sensitive alleles do not make a division septum, but growth, S-phase, and mitosis continue in the absence of cell division, producing elongated, multinucleate cells. Increased expression of Spg1p...
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