Modulation of adenylyl cyclase by FPP and adenosine involves stimulatory and inhibitory adenosine receptors and G proteins

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 459-471

  Fraser, Lynn R ^a   Adeoya Osiguwa, Susan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A(2a) receptors; A1 receptors; Adenosine; Adenylyl cyclase; FPP; G proteins; G (i); G (s); TCP11

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; PROTEIN G; PROTIRELIN DERIVATIVE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ADENOSINE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032990766     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199908)53:4<459::AID-MRD12>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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