Identification and pharmacological characterization of prokineticin 2β as a selective ligand for prokineticin receptor 1

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2070-2076

  Chen, Jingcai ^a   Kuei, Chester ^a   Sutton, Steven ^a   Wilson, Sandy ^a   Yu, Jingxue ^a   Kamme, Fredrik ^a   Mazur, Curt ^a   Lovenberg, Timothy ^a   Liu, Changlu ^a,b  

^a JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; ENDOCRINE GLAND DERIVED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; FURIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; RECEPTOR; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; LIGAND; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROK2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROKR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LUNG; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPLEEN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 21744440928     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.105.011619     Document Type: Article

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