The processing of yeast pheromones

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-30

  Davey, John ^a   Davis, Kevin ^a   Hughes, Marcus ^a   Ladds, Graham ^a   Powner, Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mating; Pheromone; Processing; Yeast

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; ENZYMOLOGY; MATING FACTOR; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMORECEPTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 0031994807     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1997.0197     Document Type: Article

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