Urotensin II: Fish neuropeptide catches orphan receptor

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 80-82

  Davenport, A P ^a   Maguire, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; RECEPTOR; UROTENSIN II;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; FISH; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0034003764     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-6147(00)01449-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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