G proteins in development

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 689-701

  Malbon, Craig C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; RGS PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SECOND MESSENGER;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS;

EID: 27744445165     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1716     Document Type: Review

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