Preparation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies specific for lauroylated isoform of bovine transducin α-subunit: Immunohistochemical analysis of bovine retinas

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2188-2196

  Shouno, Osamu ^a   Kokame, Koichi ^a,f   Araki, Masasuke ^b   Takao, Toshifumi ^c   Shimonishi, Yasutsugu ^c   Murata, Masayuki ^d   Yoshizawa, Tôru ^e   Fukada, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

G protein; Monoclonal antibody; Protein N acylation; Retina; Transducin; Visual transduction

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRANSDUCIN;

ACYLATION; ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029913288     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66052188.x     Document Type: Article

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