URB754 Has No Effect on the Hydrolysis or Signaling Capacity of 2-AG in the Rat Brain

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 811-814

  Saario, Susanna M ^a   Palomäki, Ville ^a   Lehtonen, Marko ^a   Nevalainen, Tapio ^a   Järvinen, Tomi ^a   Laitinen, Jarmo T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; 2-ARACHIDONYLGLYCEROL; ACYLGLYCEROL; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZOXAZINE DERIVATIVE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MGL1 PROTEIN, RAT; URB 754; URB602;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BENZOXAZINES; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; BRAIN; CATALYSIS; GLYCERIDES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33747333630     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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