New roles for Gα and RGS proteins: Communication continues despite pulling sisters apart

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2005, Pages

  Wilkie, Thomas M ^a   Kinch, Lisa ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; METAZOA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; HORMONE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RGS PROTEIN; RIC 8 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; RIC-8 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; HORMONES; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RGS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 27144525489     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.008     Document Type: Review

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