Digging deep - Structure-function relationships in the melatonin receptor family

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 221-230

  Barrett, Perry ^a   Conway, Shaun ^a   Morgan, Peter J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Mutagenesis; Polymorphisms; Seasonality; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; IODINE 125; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CHIMERA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0242301704     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2003.00090.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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