Understanding the common themes and diverse roles of the second extracellular loop (ECL2) of the GPCR super-family

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 449, Issue , 2017, Pages 3-11

  Woolley, Michael J ^a   Conner, Alex C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extracellular loop; Family B; GPCR; Ligand binding; Receptor activation; Signalling

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85008238656     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.11.023     Document Type: Article

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