Constitutive activity and inverse agonism at the α 1a and α 1b adrenergic receptor subtypes

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 485, Issue C, 2010, Pages 123-138

  Cotecchia, Susanna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

BOOK; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; INVERSE AGONISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

EID: 78049490342     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381296-4.00007-5     Document Type: Chapter

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