Identification of two α-subunit species of GTP-binding proteins, Gα15 and Gαq, expressed in rat taste buds

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1403, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-272

  Kusakabe, Yuko ^a   Yamaguchi, Eiri ^a   Tanemura, Kentaro ^a   Kameyama, Kimihiko ^b   Chiba, Noboru ^a   Arai, Soichi ^a   Emori, Yasufumi ^a   Abe, Keiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

G protein; G q family; PLC ; Taste bud; Taste signal transduction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE BUD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH MUCOSA; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE; TASTE BUDS; TONGUE;

EID: 0344936733     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4889(98)00062-7     Document Type: Article

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