Identification of Ste4 as a potential regulator of Byr2 in the sexual response pathway of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 5597-5603

  Barr, Maureen M ^a,b   Tu, Hua ^a   Van Aelst, Linda ^a   Wigler, Michael ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0029833462     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.10.5597     Document Type: Article

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