The mating-specific Gα interacts with a kinesin-14 and regulates pheromone-induced nuclear migration in budding yeast

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2820-2830

  Zaichick, Sofia V ^a,c   Metodiev, Metodi V ^a,d   Nelson, Scott A ^b   Durbrovskyi, Oleksii ^a   Draper, Edward ^a,e   Cooper, John A ^b   Stone, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT GPA1; KAR3 PROTEIN; KINESIN; KINESIN 14; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN; CIK1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GPA1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; KAR3 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BUDDING; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; YEAST; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

SACCHAROMYCETALES;

ACTINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 67449124592     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E09-01-0069     Document Type: Article

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