Characterization of the photoreceptor(s) responsible for the regulation of the intracellular polyamine level and the putative participation of heterotrimeric G-proteins in the signal transduction chain

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-44

  Kotzabasis, K ^a   Navakoudis, E ^a   Tsolakis, G ^a   Senger, H ^b   Dornemann D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

G proteins; Photoreceptors; Photoregulation; Polyamines; Scenedesmus obliquus; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHOLERA TOXIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); PERTUSSIS TOXIN; POLYAMINE; PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033133884     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(99)00066-4     Document Type: Article

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