Mas and its related G protein–coupled receptors, Mrgprs

Pharmacological Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1080-1105

  Bader, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Alenina, Natalia ^a,d   Andrade Navarro, Miguel A ^a   Santos, Robson A ^d  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MAS RELATED G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN I (1-7); LIGAND; ONCOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MAS-1;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD VESSEL; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HEART; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MAST CELL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANGIOTENSIN I; ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MAST CELLS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84921524789     PISSN: 00316997     EISSN: 15210081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/pr.113.008136     Document Type: Article

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