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The evolutionary conserved BER1 gene is involved in microtubule stability in yeast

Fiechter, Vincent ; Cameroni, Elisabetta ; Cerutti, Lorenzo ; De Virgilio, Claudio ; Barral, Yves ; Fankhauser, Christian

In: Current Genetics, 2008, vol. 53, no. 2, p. 107-115

In yeast, microtubules are dynamic filaments necessary for spindle and nucleus positioning, as well as for proper chromosome segregation. We identify a function for the yeast gene BER1 (Benomyl REsistant 1) in microtubule stability. BER1 belongs to an evolutionary conserved gene family whose founding member Sensitivity to Red light Reduced is involved in red-light perception and...