Point mutations identify a conserved region of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae AFR1 gene that is essential for both the pheromone signaling and morphogenesis functions

Genetics

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-55

  DeMattei, Cordell R ^a   Davis, Colleen P ^a   Konopka, James B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; MATING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, MATING FACTOR; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES DOUGLASII; SACCHAROMYCES UVARUM;

EID: 0034015939     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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