Ghrelin: Discovery of the natural endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 118-122

  Kojima, Masayasu ^a   Hosoda, Hiroshi ^a   Matsuo, Hisayuki ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 0035320623     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(00)00362-3     Document Type: Review

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