Elongation factor 3, EF3, associates with the calcium channel Cch1 and targets Cch1 to the plasma membrane in Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1118-1126

  Liu, Min ^a,b,c,d   Gelli, Angie ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; ELONGATION FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN P21;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCOGENE PROTEIN P21(RAS); PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 47049102631     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00116-08     Document Type: Article

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