Synergies at the synapse

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1387-1388

  Límbírd, Lee E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha2 adrenergic receptors; Gi; GPCR; Gq; Signal transduction; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0038291710     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705222     Document Type: Note

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