G proteins, effecters and GAPs: Structure and mechanism

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 849-856

  Sprang, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTOR PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN P21;

COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BINDING SITES; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); RAS GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; RAS PROTEINS;

EID: 0031283407     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80157-1     Document Type: Article

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