Role of Epac in brain and heart

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-57

  Laurent, Anne Coline ^a,b,c   Breckler, Magali ^a,b,c   Berthouze, Magali ^a,b   Lezoualc'h, Frank ^a,b  

^a Departments of Clinical Biochemistry and Sports Medicine   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

cAMP; Exchange protein directly activated by cAMP (Epac); G protein coupled receptor; Guanine nucleotide exchange factor; Heart failure; Protein kinase A (PKA)

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PROTEIN EPAC; PROTEIN EPAC1; PROTEIN EPAC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84856291545     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20110642     Document Type: Review

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