Novel sensing mechanisms and targets for the cAMP-protein kinase A pathway in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 904-918

  Thevelein, Johan M ^a   De Winde, Johannes H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RAS PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; TRANSDUCIN;

CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INDUCTION; GROWTH REGULATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; 3',5'-CYCLIC-NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; RAS PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032835137     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01538.x     Document Type: Review

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