Effects of mutations in the N terminal region of the yeast G protein α-subunit Gpa1p on signaling by pheromone receptors

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-248

  Roginskaya, M ^a   Connelly, S M ^a   Kim, K S ^a,c   Patel, D ^b   Dumont, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein heterotrimer; GPA1; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; STE2; STE3

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LEUCINE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; PROLINE; PROTEIN GPA1P P; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELISM; ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE GPA1; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

ALLELES; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1842737267     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-004-0975-y     Document Type: Article

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