Functions and regulatory mechanisms of Gq-signaling pathways

NeuroSignals

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-54

  Mizuno, Norikazu ^a   Itoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Flotillin; Gq; Interacting proteins; Migration; Neural progenitor cells; Pasteurella multocida toxin; Phospholipase C ; Proliferation; Ric 8; YM 254890

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; ENDOTHELIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA TOXIN; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C BETA; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YM 254890;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN REGULATORS; HUMANS; NEURONS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 60149088035     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000186689     Document Type: Review

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