Characterization of Xenopus laevis oocyte farnesyl transferase

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 675-681

  Goalstone, Marc L ^a   Diamond, Christy L ^a   Sadler, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; RAS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CYTOSOL; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OOCYTES; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; RAS PROTEINS; TRANSFERASES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030066171     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod54.3.675     Document Type: Article

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