G proteins in Ustilago maydis: Transmission of multiple signals?

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1934-1942

  Regenfelder, Erika ^a   Spellig, Tilman ^a   Hartmann, Andreas ^a   Lauenstein, Stephanie ^b   Bölker, Michael ^a   Kahmann, Regine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Inst F Genbiologische Forschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

G proteins; Pathogenicity; Pheromone response; Signal transduction; Ustilago maydis

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOIDY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSSES, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; PHEROMONES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0030895154     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.8.1934     Document Type: Article

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