A positive screening for drugs that specifically inhibit the ca2+-signaling activity on the basis of the growth promoting effect on a yeast mutant with a peculiar phenotype

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1942-1946

  Shitamukai, Atsunori ^a   Mizunuma, Masaki ^a   Hirata, Dai ^a   Takahashi, Hidetoshi ^b   Miyakawa, Tokichi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ signal; Calcineurin; Drug screening; Immunosuppressant; MAP kinase

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CYCLE; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; G2 PHASE; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0034280669     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1942     Document Type: Article

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