A small conserved domain in the yeast Spa2p is necessary and sufficient for its polarized localization

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-36

  Arkowitz, Robert A ^a   Lowe, Nick ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

FUNGI;

EID: 0030852841     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.138.1.17     Document Type: Article

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