Characterization of α-factor pheromone and pheromone receptor genes of Ashbya gossypii

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 418-429

  Wendland, Jürgen ^a   Dünkler, Alexander ^a   Walther, Andrea ^a  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Growth arrest; Mating pheromone; Pheromone receptor; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

A FACTOR MFA2 PROTEIN; ALPHA FACTOR MFALPHA1 PROTEIN; ALPHA FACTOR MFALPHA2 PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUS3 PROTEIN; GPA1 PROTEIN; KSS1 PROTEIN; MATA PROTEIN; MATING HORMONE ALPHA FACTOR; PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; STE11 PROTEIN; STE12 PROTEIN; STE18 PROTEIN; STE2 PROTEIN; STE3 PROTEIN; STE4 PROTEIN; STE5 PROTEIN; STE7 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASHBYA GOSYPII; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EREMOTHECIUM; EREMOTHECIUM CYMBALARIAE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; SYNTENY; YEAST CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EREMOTHECIUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, MATING FACTOR; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EREMOTHECIUM CYMBALARIAE; EREMOTHECIUM GOSSYPII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79960285649     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2011.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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