The NDR Kinase Scaffold HYM1/MO25 Is Essential for MAK2 MAP Kinase Signaling in Neurospora crassa

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Dettmann, Anne ^a   Illgen, Julia ^b   März, Sabine ^a   Schürg, Timo ^b   Fleissner, Andre ^b   Seiler, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 2; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN COT1; PROTEIN HYM1; PROTEIN MAK2; PROTEIN MO25; PROTEIN NRC1; PROTEIN POD6; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL FUSION; CELL GROWTH; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SPORES;

EUKARYOTA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84866935357     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002950     Document Type: Article

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