Genetic interactions indicate a role for Mdg1p and the SH3 domain protein Bem1p in linking the G-protein mediated yeast pheromone signalling pathway to regulators of cell polarity

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 252, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 608-621

  Leberer, Ekkehard ^a   Chenevert, Janet ^b,c   Leeuw, Thomas ^a   Harcus, Doreen ^a   Herskowitz, Ira ^b   Thomas, David Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cell polarity; G protein; MDG1 gene; Signal transduction; Yeast

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0029857110     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02172407     Document Type: Article

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