The Dictyostelium prestalk inducer DIF-1 directs phosphorylation of a bZIP transcription factor

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 375-381

  Yamada, Yoko ^c   Kubohara, Yuzuru ^a   Kikuchi, Haruhisa ^b   Oshima, Yoshiteru ^b   Wang, Hong Yu ^c   Ross, Susan ^c   Williams, Jeffrey G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activation; Dictyostelium; DimB: DIF 1; Kinase

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DIF 1 PROTEIN; DIMB PROTEIN; POLYKETIDE; STAT PROTEIN; STATC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL NUCLEUS; DICTYOSTELIUM; HEXANONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; POINT MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SERINE; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84880078385     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.130046jw     Document Type: Article

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