Ric-8 controls Drosophila neural progenitor asymmetric division by regulating heterotrimeric G proteins

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1091-1098

  Wang, Hongyan ^a   Ng, Kian Hong ^a   Qian, Hongliang ^a   Siderovski, David P ^b   Chia, William ^a   Yu, Fengwei ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN RIC 8; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; GBB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE DISSOCIATION INHIBITOR; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PINS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; RIC 8 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; RIC-8 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NERVE CELL; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNITS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE DISSOCIATION INHIBITORS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; STEM CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 28844482414     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1317     Document Type: Article

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