Disruption of galactokinase signature sequence in Gal3p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae does not lead to loss of signal transduction function

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 824-828

  Murthy, T V S ^a   Jayadeva Bhat, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Deletion analysis; GAL regulon; GAL3; GAL80; Galactokinase; Galactose; Signal transducer

Indexed keywords

GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034647957     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3015     Document Type: Article

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