Ste20-related kinases: Effectors of signaling and morphogenesis in fungi

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 400-410

  Boyce, Kylie J ^a   Andrianopoulos, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GERMINAL CENTER KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; STE20 RELATED KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASEXUAL SPORE; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOKINESIS; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HOMEOSTASIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ACTINS; CYTOKINESIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICROTUBULES; MORPHOGENESIS; P21-ACTIVATED KINASES; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STEROLS; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79960914943     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2011.04.006     Document Type: Review

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