Melatonin receptor pharmacology: Toward subtype specificity

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 531-537

  Sugden, David ^a   Pickering, Hannah ^a   Teh, Mui Teck ^a   Garratt, Peter J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melatonin analogues; Melatonin receptor subtypes; Radioligand binding; Xenopus laevis melanophores

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INDOLE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0031278196     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(98)80009-9     Document Type: Article

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