A Novel Protein Kinase from the Ciliate Euplotes raikovi with Close Structural Identity to the Mammalian Intestinal and Male-Germ Cell Kinases: Characterization and Functional Implications in the Autocrine Pheromone Signaling Loop

Protist

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-263

  Vallesi, Adriana ^a   Di Pretoro, Barbara ^a   Ballarini, Patrizia ^a   Apone, Fabio ^b   Luporini, Pierangelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b Arterra Bioscience   (Italy)

Author keywords

ciliate molecular biology; macronuclear gene structure and expression; mitogen activated protein kinases; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; EUPLOTES; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; EUPLOTES; FRAMESHIFTING, RIBOSOMAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES RAIKOVI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77249086276     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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