Differences in Signal Activation by LH and hCG are Mediated by the LH/CG Receptor’s Extracellular Hinge Region

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Grzesik, Paul ^a   Kreuchwig, Annika ^a   Rutz, Claudia ^a   Furkert, Jens ^a   Wiesner, Burkhard ^a   Schuelein, Ralf ^a   Kleinau, Gunnar ^b   Gromoll, Joerg ^c   Krause, Gerd ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

choriogonadotropin; glycoprotein hormone receptors; GPCR activation; lutropin; lutropin receptor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994257349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2015.00140     Document Type: Article

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