Inhibition of G-protein signaling by dominant gain-of-function mutations in Sst2p, a pheromone desensitization factor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 3635-3643

  Dohlman, Henrik G ^a,b   Apaniesk, Donald ^b   Chen, Yang ^b   Song, Jianping ^b   Nusskern, Deborah ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; DESENSITIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029058433     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.15.7.3635     Document Type: Article

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