Characterization and expression of the gene encoding En-MAPK1, an intestinal cell kinase (ICK)-like kinase activated by the autocrine pheromone-signaling loop in the polar ciliate, Euplotes nobilii

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 7457-7467

  Candelori, Annalisa ^a   Luporini, Pierangelo ^a   Alimenti, Claudio ^a   Vallesi, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene structure and expression; Polar ciliates; Protein kinase; Signal transduction; Translational frameshifting

Indexed keywords

EUPLOTES NOBILII MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHEROMONE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE PHEROMONE SIGNALING LOOP; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES NOBILII; EUPLOTES NOBILII MAPK1 GENE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MACRONUCLEUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EUPLOTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84876009311     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms14047457     Document Type: Article

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