Is Gα16 the optimal tool for fishing ligands of orphan G-protein-coupled receptors?

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 560-564

  Kostenis, Evi ^a  

^a SANOFI AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LIGAND; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; G PROTEIN ALPHA 16; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ASSAY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LINE; CHO CELL; DRUG ACTIVITY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0035497743     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-6147(00)01810-1     Document Type: Review

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