Saccharomyces cerevisiae plasma membrane nutrient sensors and their role in PKA signaling

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-149

  Rubio Texeira, Marta ^a,b   Van Zeebroeck, Griet ^a,b   Voordeckers, Karin ^a,b   Thevelein, Johan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nutrient signaling; Plasma membrane sensors; Protein kinase A; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RAPAMYCIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BIOSENSOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 76349102304     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00587.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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