A Cdc24p-Far1p-Gβγ protein complex required for yeast orientation during mating

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1187-1202

  Nern, Aljoscha ^a   Arkowitz, Robert A ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotropism; Landmark; Oriented growth; Ste4p Ste18p; Yeast mating

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHEROMONE; CDC24 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FAR1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; G PROTEIN BETA GAMMA; G-PROTEIN BETA GAMMA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL POLARITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; HAPLOIDY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033593974     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.144.6.1187     Document Type: Article

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