The C terminus of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae α-factor receptor contributes to the formation of preactivation complexes with its cognate G protein

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5321-5329

  Dosil, Mercedes ^a   Schandel, Kimberly A ^b,c   Gupta, Ekta ^a   Jenness, Duane D ^b   Konopka, James B ^a,d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d ASSUMPTION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CYTOPLASM; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, LETHAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, MATING FACTOR; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033937183     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.14.5321-5329.2000     Document Type: Article

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