The alpha-factor receptor C-terminus is important for mating projection formation and orientation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 251-266

  Vallier, Laura G ^a   Segall, Jeffrey E ^b   Snyder, Michael ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocytosis; Mating; Pheromone gradient; Pheromone receptor; Polarized cell growth; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LIGAND; MATING HORMONE ALPHA FACTOR; MATING HORMONE ALPHA FACTOR RECEPTOR; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN STE2P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PEPTIDE; RECEPTOR; SEX PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BUDDING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE MUTATION; INTERNALIZATION; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ASSOCIATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURFACE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MATING FACTOR; METABOLISM; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CUES; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; ORIENTATION; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, MATING FACTOR; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; REPRODUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036889844     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.10073     Document Type: Article

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