Dual role of cAMP and involvement of both G-proteins and ras in regulation of ERK2 in Dictyostelium discoideum

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3361-3368

  Knetsch, Menno L W ^a,c   Epskamp, Stefan J P ^a   Schenk, Paul W ^a   Wang, Yiwen ^b   Segall, Jeffrey E ^b   Snaar Jagalska, B Ewa ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross talk; Dictyostelium; G protein; MAP kinase; ras

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0030055549     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00701.x     Document Type: Article

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