Caenorhabditis elegans SUR-5, a novel but conserved protein, negatively regulates LET-60 Ras activity during vulval induction

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4556-4564

  Gu, Trent ^a,c   Orita, Satoshi ^a,b   Han, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

^c PROMEGA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUR 5; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE MAPPING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0031830508     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.8.4556     Document Type: Article

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