Ammonium permease-based sensing mechanism for rapid ammonium activation of the protein kinase A pathway in yeast

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1485-1505

  Van Nuland, An ^a,b   Vandormael, Patrick ^a,b   Donaton, Monica ^a,b,c   Alenquer, Marta ^a,b   Lourencço, Artur ^a,b   Quintino, Edgar ^a,b   Versele, Matthias ^a,b   Thevelein, Johan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HAPLOIDY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DIPLOIDY; HAPLOIDY; METHYLAMINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33645047174     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.05043.x     Document Type: Article

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