C-terminal domains within human MT1 and MT2 melatonin receptors are involved in internalization processes

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-218

  Sethi, Shalini ^a   Adams, Wendy ^a   Pollock, John ^a   Witt Enderby, Paula A ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desensitization; Internalization; Melatonin receptors; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

2 IODOMELATONIN; ALANINE; BETA ARRESTIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYSTEINE; IODINE 125; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; DESENSITIZATION; INTERNALIZATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ARRESTINS; BINDING SITES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; CYCLIC AMP; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT2;

EID: 49549095093     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2008.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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