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Maja S Engelstoft1, Won-Mee Park, Ichiro Sakata

  • 1Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Section for Metabolic Receptology and Enteroendocrinology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark ; Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.

Molecular Metabolism
|December 12, 2013
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Keywords:
7TM, seven transmembrane segmentBAC, bacterial artificial chromosomeCCK, cholecystokininCFMB, (S)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3,3-dimethyl-N-(5-phenylthiazol-2-yl)butamideCGRP, calcitonin gene-related peptideCHBA, 3-chloro-5-hydroxybenzoic acidEnteroendocrineG protein signalingGIP, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptideGLP-1, glucagon-like peptide 1GPCRGhrelinMetabolitesPTx, Bordetella pertussis toxinPYY, peptide YYSecretionhrGFP, humanized Renilla reniformis green fluorescent protein

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