Ste50p is involved in regulating filamentous growth in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and associates with Ste11p

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-38

  Ramezani Rad, M ^a   Jansen, G ^a   Buhring F ^a   Hollenberg, C P ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pheromone response; Pseudohyphal development; Sacharomyces cerevisiae; Signal modulation; STE50 STE11

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; CARRIER PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031683956     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050785     Document Type: Article

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