Molecular characterization of a Dictyostelium G-protein α-subunit required for development

Gene

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 99-105

  Brandon, Maureen A ^a   Voglmaier, Susan ^b   Siddiqi, A Afshan ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

G 3; Transmembrane signaling

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE DISRUPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030728353     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00387-9     Document Type: Article

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