A Caenorhabditis elegans MAP kinase kinase, MEK-1, is involved in stress responses

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 5148-5156

  Koga, Makoto ^a   Zwaal, Richard ^b,c   Guan, Kun Liang ^d   Avery, Leon ^b   Ohshima, Yasumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Michigan ^*  (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Heavy metal; MAP kinase kinase; Starvation; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; HYBRID PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL STRUCTURE; DELETION MUTANT; GROWTH RETARDATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STARVATION; STRESS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0034596988     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.19.5148     Document Type: Article

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