Evidence that mating by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae gpa1(Val50) mutant occurs through the default mating pathway and a suggestion of a role for ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1649-1664

  Xu, Bing E ^a   Kurjan, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030751510     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.9.1649     Document Type: Article

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