Scanning mutagenesis of regions in the Gα protein Gpa1 that are predicted to interact with yeast mating pheromone receptors

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-80

  Gladue, Douglas P ^a   Konopka, James B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptor; GPA1; Heterotrimeric G protein; Mating pheromone; STE2; Yeast

Indexed keywords

HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 38349086958     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2007.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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