RIC-8 is required for GPR-1/2-dependent Gα function during asymmetric division of C. elegans embryos

Cell

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-230

  Afshar, Katayoun ^a   Willard, Francis S ^b   Colombo, Kelly ^a   Johnston, Christopher A ^b   McCudden, Christopher R ^b   Siderovski, David P ^b   Gönczy, Pierre ^a  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GPR 1 PROTEIN; GPR 2 PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIC 8 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTASIS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FORCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPINDLE CELL;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 5444260164     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2004.09.026     Document Type: Article

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