An orphan receptor adopted by a family of transmitters

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 583-584

  Civelli, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; CREATININE; DEXTRO AMINO ACID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR KINASE 6; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; SEROTONIN; SPERMINE; UREA; VASOPRESSIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DRUG SELECTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 14944379046     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.104.010348     Document Type: Short Survey

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