Molecular evolution of the mammalian alpha 2B adrenergic receptor

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2150-2160

  Madsen, Ole ^a   Willemsen, Diederik ^a   Ursing, Björn M ^b   Arnason, Ulfur ^b   De Jong, Wilfried W ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Institute for Biodiversity   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A2AB; GPCR; Mammalian phylogeny; Protein evolution

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DNA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA 2B; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA-2B; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA; TENRECIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0036899139     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004040     Document Type: Article

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