Proteolysis in Caenorhabditis elegans sex determination: Cleavage of TRA-2A by TRA-3

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 901-906

  Sokol, Sharon B ^a   Kuwabara, Patricia E ^a,b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C2 domain; Calcium; Calpain; Protease; Sex determination; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRA 2A PROTEIN; TRA 3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; HERMAPHRODITISM; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALPAIN; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034655551     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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