Primary structure, expression and developmental regulation of a Dictyostelium calcineurin A homologue

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 391-399

  Dammann, Heike ^a   Hellstern, Simon ^a   Husain, Qayyum ^a   Mutzel, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ca2+ calmodulin; calcineurin; Dictyostelium discoideum; functional cloning; protein phosphatase

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029951965     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0391z.x     Document Type: Article

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