The yeast trimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein α subunit, Gpa2p, controls the meiosis-specific kinase Ime2p activity in response to nutrients

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 6110-6119

  Donzeau, Mariel ^a   Bandlow, Wolfhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH REGULATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPOROGENESIS;

EID: 0032803880     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.9.6110     Document Type: Article

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