Selection of Gβ subunits with point mutations that fail to activate specific signaling pathways in vivo: Dissecting cellular responses mediated by a heterotrimeric G protein in Dictyostelium discoideum

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2949-2961

  Jin, Tian ^a   Amzel, Mario ^a   Devreotes, Peter N ^a   Wu, Lijun ^b  

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

^b MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSDUCIN; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR CAR1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CATTLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATTLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYCLIC AMP; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031596165     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.10.2949     Document Type: Article

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