Is GAS1 a co-receptor for the GDNF family of ligands?

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 72-77

  Schueler Furman, Ora ^a,b   Glick, Eitan ^a   Segovia, José ^c   Linial, Michal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIN; DOPAMINE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA; LIGAND; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEURTURIN; PERSEPHIN; PROTEIN GAS1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GLIA CELL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 31844432664     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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