Toward fluorescent probes for G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs)

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 8187-8203

  Ma, Zhao ^a   Du, Lupei ^a   Li, Minyong ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY BASED FLUORESCENT PROBE; FLUORESCENT DYE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE FLUORESCENT PROBE; PROTEIN TAG BASED FLUORESCENT PROBE; SMALL MOLECULE FLUORESCENT PROBE; SWITCHABLE FLUORESCENT PROBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIGAND; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING;

FLUORESCENT DYES; LIGANDS; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84908374525     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: 15204804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm401823z     Document Type: Article

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