Signal Transduction: Turning a Switch into a Rheostat

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Bardwell, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; STE5 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

HUMAN; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; HUMANS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 53249124705     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.082     Document Type: Short Survey

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