The aimless RasGEF is required for processing of chemotactic signals through G-protein-coupled receptors in Dictyostelium

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 719-729

  Insall, Robert H ^a   Borleis, Jane ^b   Devreotes, Peter N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICTYOSTELIUM; MAMMALIA;

AIMLESS PROTEIN, DICTYOSTELIUM; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHEMOTAXIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RAS GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030156329     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(09)00453-9     Document Type: Article

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