The discovery of signal transduction by G proteins. A personal account and an overview of the initial findings and contributions that led to our present understanding

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1768, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 756-771

  Birnbaumer, Lutz ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INSULIN; RHODOPSIN;

ENZYME ACTIVATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHOLERA TOXIN; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PERTUSSIS TOXIN;

EID: 33947521042     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.09.027     Document Type: Review

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