Role of the ubiquitin/proteasome system in regulated protein degradation in saccharomyces cerevisiae

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 377, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 437-446

  Smith, Susan E ^a,b   Koegl, Manfred ^a   Jentsch, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GPC Biotech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Proteasome; Proteolysis; Ubiquitin; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEASOME; UBIQUITIN;

CELL CYCLE; DNA REPAIR; EUKARYOTE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRESS;

CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HYDROLYSIS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; UBIQUITINS;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029805901     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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