Biogenesis of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mating pheromone a-factor

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-269

  Chen, Peng ^a   Sapperstein, Stephanie K ^a   Choi, Jonathan D ^a   Michaelis, Susan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; EXOCYTOSIS; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEM CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FUNGAL PROTEINS; KINETICS; LIPOPROTEINS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031055072     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.136.2.251     Document Type: Article

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