A PP2a regulatory, subunit positively regulates Ras-mediated signaling during Caenorhabditis elegans vulval induction

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2562-2569

  Sieburth, Derek S ^a   Sundaram, Meera ^b   Howard, Robyn M ^b   Han, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

KSR; Phosphatase 2A; Raf; Suppressor of ras; SUR 8; Vulval induction

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, HELMINTH; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASES; RAS PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0033214325     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.19.2562     Document Type: Article

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