Small G proteins in islet β-cell function

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-78

  Kowluru, Anjaneyulu ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 6; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE DISSOCIATION INHIBITOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPID; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ACYLATION; CELL FUNCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTORS; ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 76149107841     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/er.2009-0022     Document Type: Review

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