The superfamily of heptahelical receptors

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作者
Lefkowitz, RJ [1 ]
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[1] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Durham, NC 27710 USA
[2] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Med Cardiol, Durham, NC 27710 USA
[3] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Biochem, Durham, NC 27710 USA
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10.1038/35017152
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
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Despite a growing appreciation of functional analogies between visual and hormonal signalling systems in the early 1980s, the discovery of the close structural relationship between rhodopsin and the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor, and of the existence of a larger 'superfamily' of such receptors, came as a total surprise. Here I provide a personal perspective on events leading up to and flowing from this exciting discovery that opened up a vast field of research.
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