Strittmatter SM, Valenzuela D, Kennedy TE, Neer EJ, Fishman MC. G0 is a major growth cone protein subject to regulation by GAP-43. Nature. 1990 Apr 26; 344(6269):836-41.

Citation

Strittmatter SM, Valenzuela D, Kennedy TE, Neer EJ, Fishman MC. 1990. G0 is a major growth cone protein subject to regulation by GAP-43. Nature. 344(6269):836-41. Pubmed: 2158629

Abstract

G0, a GTP-binding protein that transduces information from transmembrane receptors, has been found to be a major component of the neuronal growth cone membrane. GAP-43, an intracellular growth cone protein closely associated with neuronal growth, stimulates GTP-gamma-S binding to G0. It does so through an amino-terminal domain homologous to G-linked transmembrane receptors. Thus, G0 in the growth cone may be regulated by intracellular as well as extracellular signals.

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