Functional expression of chemoreceptors with the help of a guanine nucleotide exchange factor

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1170, Issue , 2009, Pages 150-152

  Malnic, Bettina ^a   Gonzalez Kristeller, Daniela C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemoreceptors; Guanine nucleotide exchange factors; G olf; Odorant receptors; Olfaction; Ric 8

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RIC 8B PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONFERENCE PAPER; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 68649109842     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.03874.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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