A ligand-mimetic model for constitutive activation of the melanocortin-1 receptor

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 592-604

  Lu, Dongsi ^a   Vage, Dag Inge ^b   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; FORSKOLIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PROLINE;

ALLELISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENE DISRUPTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 0032230291     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.12.4.0091     Document Type: Article

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