The cell type-specific signal proteins (pheromones) of protozoan ciliates

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 3015-3024

  Luporini, Piero ^a   Vallesi, A ^a   Alimenti, C ^a   Ortenzi, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical signals; Eukaryotic microbiology; Growth factors; Protein families; Protein structure; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL GROWTH; CELL SECRETION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CILIATE; CYTOPLASM; DISULFIDE BOND; EUKARYOTE; EUPLOTES; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GROWTH CURVE; MATING; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; SYNTHESIS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EUPLOTES; PHEROMONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33747172519     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161206777947452     Document Type: Review

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