This book discusses the heterotrimeric GTB-binding proteins (G proteins) that couple a vast array of receptors for extracellular signals to diverse effectors such as enzymes of second messenger metabolism and ion channels. The focus is on mammalian G proteins, but a chapter on G proteins in diverse invertebrates is included. The role of abnormal G proteins in human diseases is examined, both in terms of those disorders in which specific G protein mutations have already been identified as well as those disorders for which the evidence is less definitive.
- ISBN10 1570590249
- ISBN13 9781570590245
- Publish Date 1 January 1994
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
- Imprint CRC Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 121
- Language English