The Gβ (KlSte4p) subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein has a positive and essential role in the induction of mating in the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis

Yeast

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 947-956

  Kawasaki, Laura ^a   Saviñón Tejeda, Alma L ^a   Ongay Larios, Laura ^a   Ramírez, Jorge ^a   Coria, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

G protein; K. lactis; Signal transduction; Ste4; Yeast

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; STE4 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; INFERTILITY; KLUYVEROMYCES; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; YEAST; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNITS; KLUYVEROMYCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHEROMONES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 25844435712     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1278     Document Type: Article

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