Isoprenylcysteine carboxy methylation is essential for development in Dictyostelium discoideum

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4106-4118

  Chen, Ying ^a   McQuade, Kyle J ^a,b   Guan, Xiao Juan ^a   Thomason, Peter A ^a   Wert, Michael S ^a   Stock, Jeffry B ^a   Cox, Edward C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and Mass Communication   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYSTEINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT; ISOPRENYLCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN S ISOPRENYLCYSTEINE O METHYLTRANSFERASE; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MUTANT; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CHEMOTAXIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; METHYLATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYCLIC AMP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 34948844010     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E06-11-1006     Document Type: Article

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