HAM-5 Functions As a MAP Kinase Scaffold during Cell Fusion in Neurospora crassa

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Jonkers, Wilfried ^a   Leeder, Abigail C ^a   Ansong, Charles ^b   Wang, Yuexi ^b   Yang, Feng ^b,d   Starr, Trevor L ^c   Camp, David G ^b   Smith, Richard D ^b   Glass, N Louise ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 2; PROTEIN HAM 5; PROTEIN MAK 2; PROTEIN NRC 1; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NRC-1 PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

CELL FUSION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MAP KINASE KINASE 2; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84912079686     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004783     Document Type: Article

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