Evidence that the RdeA protein is a component of a multistep phosphorelay modulating rate of development in Dictyostelium

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2809-2816

  Chang, Wen Tsan ^a,b   Thomason, Peter A ^a,b   Gross, Julian D ^a,b   Newell, Peter C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cAMP dependent protein kinase (PKA); H2 module protein; Multistep phosphorelay; Rapidly developing rdeA mutant; Two component system

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032525321     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.10.2809     Document Type: Article

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