It takes two to tango: Regulation of G proteins by dimerization

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 423-429

  Gasper, Raphael ^a   Meyer, Simon ^a   Gotthardt, Katja ^a   Sirajuddin, Minhajuddin ^a   Wittinghofer, Alfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HOMODIMER; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2; NUCLEOTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SEPTIN;

BINDING SITE; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; FLUORIDES; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

EID: 67349250817     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm2689     Document Type: Review

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