A novel MAP-kinase kinase from Candida albicans

Gene

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-104

  Singh, Praveen ^a   Ghosh, Sharmistha ^a   Datta, Asis ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Pheromone; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; PHEROMONE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030922080     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00758-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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