Uptake of GABA and putrescine by UGA4 on the vacuolar membrane in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 315, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1082-1087

  Uemura, Takeshi ^a   Tomonari, Yuki ^a   Kashiwagi, Keiko ^a   Igarashi, Kazuei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GABA; Polyamine; Putrescine; UGA4; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BAFILOMYCIN A1; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; PROTEIN UGA4; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL GROWTH; EXPOSURE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENETICS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TIME; TONOPLAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1342281677     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.01.162     Document Type: Article

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