Molecular evolution of GPCRs: CRH/CRH receptors

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Lovejoy, David A ^a   Chang, Belinda S W ^a   Lovejoy, Nathan R ^a   del Castillo, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CNS; Diuresis; Energy metabolism; Metazoa; Reproduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LIGAND; UROCORTIN II; UROCORTIN III; UROTENSIN I; UROCORTIN; UROTENSIN;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; DIURESIS; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TAXON; VERTEBRATE; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DIURESIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYPOTHALAMUS; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UROCORTINS; UROTENSINS;

EID: 84901391970     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-13-0238     Document Type: Article

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