Structural insights into G-protein-coupled receptor activation

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 734-740

  Weis, William I ^a   Kobilka, Brian K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RHODOPSIN;

CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RHODOPSIN;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 57049178915     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.09.010     Document Type: Review

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