title: On the origins and present state of the art of G protein research.
abstract: G proteins are central to the transduction of many receptor signals. I review the "firsts" that have led to our current knowledge and pose some of the questions presently investigated in several laboratories around the world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Birnbaumer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins