Remarkably simple sequence requirement of the M-factor pheromone of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Genetics

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 815-825

  Seike, Taisuke ^a   Yamagishi, Yoshikazu ^a   Iio, Hideo ^a   Nakamura, Taro ^a   Shimoda, Chikashi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; M FACTOR PEPTIDE; METHIONINE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; TYROSYLTHREONYLPROLYLLYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALYLYPROLYLTYROSYLMETHIONINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; MATING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; ZYGOTE;

FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 84863862719     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.140483     Document Type: Article

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