Molecular switches in animal cells

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2084-2096

  Hörner, Maximilian ^a   Weber, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Molecular switch; Optogenetics; Signaling network; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; APTAMER; CHANNEL RHODOPSIN 2; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; HALORHODOPSIN; MELANOPSIN; MOLECULAR SWITCH; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RHODOPSIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URATE OXIDASE; URIC ACID;

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLUE LIGHT; CATTLE FARMING; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GOUT; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELLS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84863619170     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.02.032     Document Type: Review

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