Growth inhibitory factor (GIF) directly interacts with G-protein Rab3a

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 883-884

  Kang, Qiao Hua ^a   Chen, Qiao Lin ^a,b   Ren, Hong Wei ^a   Ru, Bing Gen ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Coimmunoprecipitation; Growth inhibitory factor; Rab3a; Yeast two hybrid system

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244464935     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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