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Activators of G-Protein Signaling (AGS)

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DYNLT1/Tctex-1 (AGS2); FNDC1/fibronectin type III domain containing 1 (AGS8); GNAO /Gαo/guanine nucleotide binding protein/alpha activating activity polypeptide O (AGS10); GPSM1/G-protein signaling modulator 1 (AGS3); GPSM3/G-protein signaling modulator 3/G18/NG1 (AGS4); GPSM2/G-protein signaling modulator 2/LGN/mPINS (AGS5); MITF/microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (AGS13); PSMD4/Rpn10/proteasome (prosome, macropain) 26S subunit, non-ATPase, 4 (AGS9); RAS D1/DEXRAS1 (AGS1); RGS 12/regulator of G-protein signaling 12 (AGS6); TFE3/transcription factor binding to IGHM enhancer 3 (AGS11); TFEB/transcription factor EB (AGS12); TRIP13/16E1BP/thyroid hormone receptor interactor 13 (AGS7)

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Activators of G-protein signaling (AGS) proteins define a group of proteins identified in a yeast-based functional screen of mammalian cDNA libraries as receptor-independent activators of the G-protein signaling cascade. Activators of G-protein signaling are one...

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  1. Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC, 29403, USA

    Joe B. Blumer & Stephen M. Lanier

  2. Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 114 Doughty St., STB331, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA

    Joe B. Blumer

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Blumer, J.B., Lanier, S.M. (2018). Activators of G-Protein Signaling (AGS). In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_455

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