Identification of a functional Gs protein in Euglena gracilis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-237

  Torres Márquez, M Eugenia ^a   Macías Silva, Marina ^b   Vega Segura, Alicia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

adenylyl cyclase; cell signaling; Euglena gracilis; G protein; Gs adenylyl cyclase; phylogeny; protist; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CHOLERA TOXIN; CYCLIC AMP; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EUGLENA GRACILIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLERA TOXIN; CYCLIC AMP; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EUGLENA; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRECIPITIN TESTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0009967111     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(96)00105-3     Document Type: Article

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