Gγ in Dictyostelium: Its role in localization of Gβγ to the membrane is required for chemotaxis in shallow gradients

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3204-3213

  Zhang, N ^a   Long, Y ^a   Devreotes, P N ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; G PROTEIN BETA GAMMA; G-PROTEIN BETA GAMMA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RGS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CELL AGGREGATION; CYTOSOL; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOSOL; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNITS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RGS PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034746777     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.12.10.3204     Document Type: Article

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