How do Receptors Activate G Proteins?

Advances in Protein Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue , 2007, Pages 67-93

  Oldham, William M ^a   Hamm, Heidi E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RECEPTOR;

CATALYSIS; CELL SURFACE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 34548439826     PISSN: 00653233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3233(07)74002-0     Document Type: Review

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