A novel, putative MEK kinase controls developmental timing and spatial patterning in Dictyostelium and is regulated by ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 3564-3578

  Chung, Chang Y ^a   Reddy, T B K ^a   Zhou, Kemin ^a   Firtel, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Dictyostelium; F box; MEK kinase; Ubiquitination; WD40 repeats

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0032533588     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.22.3564     Document Type: Article

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