Changes to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor extracellular loops differentially affect GnRH analog binding and activation: Evidence for distinct ligand-stabilized receptor conformations

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3118-3129

  Pfleger, Kevin D G ^a,b,c   Pawson, Adam J ^a   Millar, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATFISHES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INOSITOL PHOSPHATES; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, LHRH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44249121943     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0002     Document Type: Article

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