Sequence elements that contribute to the degradation of yeast Gα

Genes to Cells

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 307-319

  Schauber, Cherylene ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Tongaonkar, Prasad ^a   Vega, Irving ^a   Madura, Kiran ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIPLOIDY; ENZYME STABILITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HAPLOIDY; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UBIQUITINS;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031902622     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.1998.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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