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ArticleThe Biochemical journal2003

Are prenyl groups on proteins sticky fingers or greasy handles?

Anthony I Magee, Miguel C Seabra

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Article in The Biochemical journal, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Anthony I MageeSection of Cell and Molecular Biology, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK. t.magee@imperial.ac.uk
Miguel C Seabra

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This Commentary discusses the work of Dietrich et al. in this issue of the Biochemical Journal, which sheds new light on the biological roles of protein-bound prenyl groups by providing evidence that the alpha-subunit of the heterotrimeric G-protein transducin has a binding site for the geranylgeranyl group of the gamma-subunit.

Indexed as

Protein PrenylationAnimalsBinding SitesGTP-Binding Protein alpha SubunitsGTP-Binding Protein gamma SubunitsGuanine Nucleotide Dissociation InhibitorsMonomeric GTP-Binding ProteinsTerpenesTransducinGTP-Binding Protein alpha SubunitsGTP-Binding Protein gamma SubunitsGuanine Nucleotide Dissociation InhibitorsMonomeric GTP-Binding ProteinsTerpenesTransducin

Identifiers

PMID14627432
PMCPMC1223795

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