Mitogen-activated protein kinase Mkp1 of Pneumocystis carinii complements the slt2Δ defect in the cell integrity pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 451-462

  Fox, Deborah ^a   Smulian, A George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032731716     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01606.x     Document Type: Article

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