Specific domain of cGMP-dependent protein kinase Iβ but not Iα functions as a transcriptional activator in yeast

IUBMB Life

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-22

  Yuasa, Keizo ^a   Omori, Kenji ^a   Yanaka, Noriyuki ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

CGK; cGMP; Leucine zipper motif; Transcriptional activity

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

EID: 0034097856     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713803583     Document Type: Article

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