Spontaneous receptor-independent heterotrimeric G-protein signalling in an RGS mutant

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-235

  Siekhaus, Daria E ^a   Drubin, David G ^a  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SST2; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RGS PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWARFISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL SEPARATION; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RGS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037341631     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb941     Document Type: Article

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