Characterization of novel peptide agonists of the α mating factor of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-115

  Siegel, Erhard G ^a   Günther, Rainer ^a   Schäfer, Heiner ^a   Fölsch, Ulrich R ^a   Schmidt, Wolfgang E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iodination; Peptide analogues; mating factor

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; PEPTIDES;

EQUILIBRIUM BINDING; HIGH-AFFINITY BINDING SITES; IODINATION; MORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATION; NOVEL PEPTIDES; RECEPTOR BINDING; SCATCHARD ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC BINDING;

YEAST;

IODINE 125; MATING HORMONE ALPHA FACTOR; PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE; RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL GROWTH; CROSS LINKING; IODINATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRODUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCATCHARD PLOT;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0344560604     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.1999.4289     Document Type: Article

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