Caenorhabditis elegans sex-determining protein FEM-2 is a protein phosphatase that promotes male development and interacts directly with FEM-3

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2314-2325

  Chin Sang, Ian D ^a   Spence, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

development; phosphorylation; PP2C; protein interaction; Signal transduction; two hybrid

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029744452     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.18.2314     Document Type: Article

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