Phylogenomic and chemotaxonomic analysis of the endocannabinoid system

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-29

  McPartland, John M ^a,b  

^a Porton Down Science Park   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Cannabinoid; Coevolution; Neurotransmitters, modulators, transports, and receptors; Other neurotransmitters; Phosphatidylethanolamine; Phylogenetics; Whole genome

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; AMINO ACID; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; LIGAND; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

BRAIN REGION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; COELENTERATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; EXTRACTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEECH; METAZOON; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VERTEBRATE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASES; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG;

EID: 1942484945     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2003.11.005     Document Type: Review

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