Artificial cell-cell communication in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae using signaling elements from Arabidopsis thaliana

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1551-1555

  Chen, Ming Tang ^a   Weiss, Ron ^a,b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; CELL CULTURE; FERMENTATION; GENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

YEAST;

CYTOKININ; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL COMMUNICATION; EUKARYOTE; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOMIMETICS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ISOPENTENYLADENOSINE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 28644440579     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1162     Document Type: Article

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