Genetic and physical interactions between Gα subunits and components of the Gβγ dimer of heterotrimeric G proteins in Neurospora crassa

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1239-1248

  Won, Susan ^a   Michkov, Alexander V ^a   Krystofova, Svetlana ^a,b   Garud, Amruta V ^a   Borkovich, Katherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GNA 1 PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA; GNA-1 PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNITS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84867180687     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00151-12     Document Type: Article

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