Structural Evidence for a Common Intermediate in Small G Protein-GEF Reactions

Molecular Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-149

  Thomas, Christoph ^a   Fricke, Inka ^a   Scrima, Andrea ^a   Berken, Antje ^a   Wittinghofer, Alfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

SIGNALING

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; NUCLEOTIDE; RHO FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33846027894     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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