Conservation in Aspergillus fumigatus of pH-signaling seven transmembrane domain and arrestin proteins, and implications for drug discovery

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1273, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-43

  Bignell, Elaine M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrestin; Aspergillus; PH receptor; Plasma membrane; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

RETINA S ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL PH; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINATION; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 84870932431     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06814.x     Document Type: Article

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