Aggregation of Dictyostelium discoideum is dependent on myristoylation and membrane localization of the G protein α-subunit, Gα2

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 301-311

  Root, Patsy A ^a   Prince, Alison ^a   Gundersen, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium discoideum; Myristoylation

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MYRISTIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MUTATION; MYRISTYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA PRIMERS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYRISTIC ACID; PHENOTYPE; TRITIUM;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033055715     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19990801)74:2<301::AID-JCB14>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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