Assessment of constitutive activity of a G protein-coupled receptor, Cpr2, in cryptococcus neoformans by heterologous and homologous methods

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 484, Issue C, 2010, Pages 397-412

  Xue, Chaoyang ^a,b   Wang, Yina ^c   Hsueh, Yen Ping ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LEUCINE; LIGAND; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN FAR1; RGS2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BOOK; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST CELL;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 78049281859     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381298-8.00020-4     Document Type: Chapter

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