Chimeric Gαq subunits can distinguish the long form of the Xenopus Me11c melatonin receptor from the mammalian mt1 and MT2 melatonin receptors

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 171-179

  Lai, Frank P L ^a   Mody, Sejal M ^a   Yung, Lisa Y ^a   Pang, Celia S ^b   Pang, Shiu F ^b   Wong, Yung H ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

G proteins; Melatonin; Phospholipase C; Receptors; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; CELL RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL DIACYLGLYCEROL LYASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN COS1; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; COS CELLS; CYCLIC AMP; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; INOSITOL PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL DIACYLGLYCEROL-LYASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034745126     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2001.300306.x     Document Type: Article

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