Drosophila Ric-8 is essential for plasma-membrane localization of heterotrimeric G proteins

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1099-1105

  Hampoelz, Bernhard ^a   Hoeller, Oliver ^a   Bowman, Sarah K ^a   Dunican, Dara ^a   Knoblich, Juergen A ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN RIC 8; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GBB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RIC 8 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; RIC-8 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DAUGHTER CELL; GASTRULATION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNITS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; NEURONS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 28844481199     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1318     Document Type: Article

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