EppA, a putative substrate of DdERK2, regulates cyclic AMP relay and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium discoideum

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1136-1146

  Chen, Songyang ^a   Segall, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GENE TARGETING; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 33746218906     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00383-05     Document Type: Article

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