Nuclear inositides

Abstract

DAG, 1,2-diacylglycerol; EGF, epidermal growth factor; TNF, tumour necrosis factor; IGF-I, insulinlike growth factor I; Ins(n)P, inositol phosphate; Ins(n,n)P2, inositol bisphosphate; Ins(n,n,n)P3, inositol trisphosphate; MEL, murine erythroleukemia (Friend); PIC, phosphoinositidase C (phosphatidylinositol- specific phospholipase C); PKC, protein kinase C; PKB, protein kinase B; PLC, phospholipase C; PLD, phospholipase D; PMA, phorbol 12- myristate 13-acetate; PtdCho, phosphatidylcholine; PtdEtn, phosphatidylethanolamine; PtdIns, phosphatidylinositol; PtdIns(x)P, phosphatidylinositol monophosphate, phosphorylated at position x; PtdIns(x,y)P2, phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate, phosphorylated at position x and y; PtdIns(n,n,n)P3, phosphatidylinositol trisphosphate; PtdOH, phosphatidic acid.