Two types of α-factor receptor determinants for pheromone specificity in the mating-incompatible yeasts S. cerevisiae and S. kluyveri

Current Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-240

  Sen, Malini ^a   Shah, Anjani ^a   Marsh, Lorraine ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptor; Ligand selectivity; Peptide, factor; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MATING HORMONE ALPHA FACTOR; PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; LIGAND BINDING; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BINDING SITES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, MATING FACTOR; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES KLUYVERI;

EID: 0030902912     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050200     Document Type: Article

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