Two-component signal transduction systems in eukaryotic microorganisms

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 643-648

  Loomis, William F ^a   Kuspa, Adam ^b   Shaulsky, Gad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN); PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYXOMYCETES; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DICTYOSTELIIDA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032242528     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80109-4     Document Type: Article

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