Functional roles of conserved transmembrane prolines in the human VPAC(1) receptor

S M Knudsen1, J W Tams, J Fahrenkrug

  • 1Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Bispebjerg Hospital University of Copenhagen, DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark. smkn@novonordisk.com

FEBS Letters
|August 22, 2001
PubMed

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