The sxa2-dependent inactivation of the P-factor mating pheromone in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-42

  Ladds, Graham ^a,b   Rasmussen, Erik Michael ^a,c   Young, Tom ^a   Nielsen, Olaf ^a,c   Davey, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAPLOIDY; MATING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHEROMONES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029865986     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02486.x     Document Type: Article

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