Functional complementation of a yeast knockout strain by Schistosoma mansoni Rho1 GTPase in the presence of caffeine, an agent that affects mutants defective in the protein kinase C signal transduction pathway

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 323-326

  De Aguiar, Pedro H N ^a   Santos, Débora N ^a   Lobo, Francisco P ^a   Santos, Túlio M ^a   Macedo, Andréa M ^a   Pena, Sérgio D J ^a   Machado, Carlos R ^a   Franco, Glória R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Protein kinase C1; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Schistosoma mansoni; SmRho1

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 33846405684     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762006000900051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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