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SUBMITTER: Vilardaga JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2995613 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vilardaga Jean-Pierre JP Agnati Luigi F LF Fuxe Kjell K Ciruela Francisco F
Journal of cell science 20101201 Pt 24
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent the largest family of cell surface receptors, and have evolved to detect and transmit a large palette of extracellular chemical and sensory signals into cells. Activated receptors catalyze the activation of heterotrimeric G proteins, which modulate the propagation of second messenger molecules and the activity of ion channels. Classically thought to signal as monomers, different GPCRs often pair up with each other as homo- and heterodimers, which hav ...[more]