Kluyveromyces lactis sexual pheromones. Gene structures and cellular responses to α-factor

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 740-747

  Ongay Larios, Laura ^a   Navarro Olmos, Rocio ^a   Kawasaki, Laura ^a   Velázquez Zavala, Nancy ^a   Sánchez Paredes, Edith ^a   Torres Quiroz, Francisco ^a   Coello, Gerardo ^a   Coria, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

pheromone; a pheromone; Kluyveromyces lactis; Mating; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MATING HORMONE ALPHA FACTOR; NUCLEOTIDE; SEX PHEROMONE; TRYPTOPHYLISOLEUCYLISOLEUCYLPROLYLGLYCYLPHENYLALANYLVALYL TRYPTOPHYLVALYLPROLYLGLUTAMINYLCYSTEINE; TRYPTOPHYLSERYLTRYPTOPHYLISOLEUCYLTHREONYLLEUCYLARGINYLPROLYLGLYCYL GLUTAMINYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ALPHA FACTOR GENE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFERTILITY; KLBAR1 GENE; KLSST2 GENE; MATALPHA GENE; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; KLUYVEROMYCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34447299179     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2007.00249.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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