A mutation within the catalytic domain of COT1 kinase confers changes in the presence of two COT1 isoforms and in Ser/Thr protein kinase and phosphatase activities in Neurospora crassa

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 264-274

  Gorovits, Rena ^a   Propheta, Oshrat ^a   Kolot, Mikhail ^c   Dombradi, Viktor ^b   Yarden, Oded ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Calcineurin; COT1 kinase; Dynactin; Fungal growth and development; Neurospora crassa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ARGININE; CALCINEURIN; HISTIDINE; ISOENZYME; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0032831271     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1999.1152     Document Type: Article

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