Genes encoding farnesyl cysteine carboxyl methyltransferase in Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Xenopus laevis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1543-1551

  Imai, Yoshiyuki ^a,b   Davey, John ^c   Kawagishi Kobayashi, Makiko ^b,d   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FACTOR A; GENE PRODUCT; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHEROMONE; POLYADENYLATED RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031020235     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.3.1543     Document Type: Article

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