Genetic screens in yeast to identify mammalian nonreceptor modulators of G-protein signaling

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 878-883

  Cismowski, Mary J ^a   Takesono, Aya ^b   Ma, Chienling ^a   Lizano, Jeffrey S ^a   Xie, Xiaobing ^a   Fuernkranz, Hans ^a   Lanier, Stephen M ^b   Duzic, Emir ^a  

^a Cadus Pharmaceutical Corporation   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional screens; G regulation; Nonreceptor modulators; Ras like GTPase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN BINDING; RAS PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032859735     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/12867     Document Type: Article

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