Antagonist and agonist activities of the mouse agouti protein fragment (91-131) at the melanocortin-1 receptor

Journal of Receptor and Signal Transduction Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-45

  Eberle, Alex N ^a   Bódi, Jószef ^b   Orosz, György ^b   Süli Vargha, Helga ^b   Jäggin, Verena ^a   Zumsteg, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AGOUTI PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; MELANIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAY; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIOASSAY; RADIOIODINATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ALPHA-MSH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL DIVISION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MELANINS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034770582     PISSN: 10799893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/RRS-100107140     Document Type: Article

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