An intersection of the cAMP/PKA and two-component signal transduction systems in Dictyostelium

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2838-2845

  Thomason, Peter A ^a   Traynor, David ^b   Cavet, Guy ^c   Chang, Wen Tsan ^a   Harwood, Adrian J ^a   Kay, Robert R ^a,d  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium; Phosphorelay; Protein kinase A; RegA; Response regulator

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

3',5'-CYCLIC-NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA, FUNGAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0032525229     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.10.2838     Document Type: Article

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