Characterization of apelin, the ligand for the APJ receptor

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-41

  Lee, Dennis L ^a   Cheng, Regina ^b   Nguyen, Tuan ^b   Fan, Theresa ^b   Kariyawasam, Anula P ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Osmond, Daniel H ^a   George, Susan R ^a,b   O'Dowd, Brian F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

CNS expression; G protein coupled receptor; Hormone; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANGIOTENSIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LIGAND; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XQ; DNA LIBRARY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0033985447     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0740034.x     Document Type: Article

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