Studies on G-protein α·βγ heterotrimer formation reveal a putative S-prenyl-binding site in the α subunit
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Alexander DIETRICH*1, Alexander SCHEER†2, Daria ILLENBERGER*, Yoel KLOOG‡, Yoav I. HENIS‡ and Peter GIERSCHIK*3 *Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Ulm, 89069 Ulm, Germany, †Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, and ‡Department of Neurobiochemistry, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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تاریخ انتشار 2003