Analysis of a conditional degradation signal in yeast and mammalian cells

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 259, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 244-252

  Lévy, Frédéric ^a,b   Johnston, Jennifer A ^a   Varshavsky, Alexander ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Degron; Methotrexate; N end rule, proteolysis; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; METHOTREXATE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; UBIQUITINS;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033555642     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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