Divergence of protein kinase A catalytic subunits in Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii illustrates evolutionary reconfiguration of a signaling cascade

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-420

  Hicks, Julie K ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MELANIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MELANINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEROTYPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 33947674612     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00213-06     Document Type: Article

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