Heterotrimeric G Proteins New Tricks for an Old Dog
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Heterotrimeric G proteins are well known for their function in signal transduction downstream of seven transmembrane receptors. More recently, however, genetic analysis in C. elegans and in Drosophila has revealed a second, essential function of these molecules in positioning the mitotic spindle and attaching microtubules to the cell cortex. Five new publications in Cell (Afshar et al., 2004; Du and Macara, 2004 [this issue of Cell]; Hess et al., 2004), Developmental Cell (Martin-McCaffrey et al., 2004), and Current Biology (Couwenbergs et al., 2004) show that this function is conserved in vertebrates and--like the classical pathway--involves cycling of G proteins between GDP and GTP bound conformations.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cell
دوره 119 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004