Yeast α mating factor structure-activity relationship derived from genetically selected peptide agonists and antagonists of Ste2p

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 4700-4709

  Manfredi, John P ^a   Klein, Christine ^a   Herrero, Juan J ^a   Byrd, Devon R ^b   Trueheart, Joshua ^a   Wiesler, William T ^a   Fowlkes, Dana M ^a,c   Broach, James R ^a,d  

^a Cadus Pharmaceutical Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATING HORMONE ALPHA FACTOR; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOIDY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; YEAST;

FUNGI; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029762164     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.9.4700     Document Type: Article

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