The C-terminal Region of the Meiosis-specific Protein Kinase Ime2 Mediates Protein Instability and is Required for Normal Spore Formation in Budding Yeast

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-43

  Sari, Fatih ^a   Heinrich, Melanie ^a   Meyer, Wibke ^a   Braus, Gerhard H ^a   Irniger, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

meiosis; protein kinase; proteolysis; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; sporulation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; BUDDING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPOROGENESIS; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 41149177951     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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