title: The septins.
abstract: The septins are guanine-nucleotide binding proteins that mostly form filaments. They are important in cytokinesis and also have roles in sporulation in yeasts and embryonic development and in the nervous system in animals.
authors: Biochemistry and Cell Biology Unit, HMRO, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and PRESTO, Japan Science & Technology Agency, Yoshida Konoe, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. mkinoshita@hmro.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors: Makoto
authors: M
authors: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases