Temperature-sensitive Gβ mutants discriminate between G protein-dependent and -independent signaling mediated by serpentine receptors

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 5076-5084

  Jin, Tian ^a   Soede, Ron D M ^c   Liu, Jingchun ^b   Kimmel, Alan R ^b   Devreotes, Peter N ^a   Schaap, Pauline ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenylyl cyclase; Cell fate specification; Heterotrimeric G protein; Serpentine receptors; Temperature sensitive alleles

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; SERPENTINE; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN);

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL TYPE; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; VERTEBRATE; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HEAT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CYCLIC AMP; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032164063     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.17.5076     Document Type: Article

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