A complex of LIN-5 and GPR proteins regulates G protein signaling and spindle function in C. elegans

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1225-1239

  Srinivasan, Dayalan G ^a   Fisk, Ridgely M ^a   Xu, Huihong ^a   Van den Heuvel, Sander ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome segregation; G protein; GoLoco motif; LIN 5; Spindle position

Indexed keywords

DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; CHROMOSOME; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN REGULATORS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037948857     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1081203     Document Type: Article

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