Publication Date:
1992-08-28
Description:
Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) regulate pigmentation and adrenal cortical function, respectively. These peptides also have a variety of biological activities in other areas, including the brain, the pituitary, and the immune system. A complete understanding of the biological activities of these hormones requires the isolation and characterization of their corresponding receptors. The murine and human MSH receptors (MSH-Rs) and a human ACTH receptor (ACTH-R) were cloned. These receptors define a subfamily of receptors coupled to guanine nucleotide-binding proteins that may include the cannabinoid receptor.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mountjoy, K G -- Robbins, L S -- Mortrud, M T -- Cone, R D -- R01 DK43859-02/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Aug 28;257(5074):1248-51.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1325670" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adrenal Cortex/metabolism
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Blotting, Northern
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Cloning, Molecular
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Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
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GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
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Humans
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Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones/physiology
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Melanocytes/metabolism
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Mice
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
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Receptors, Corticotropin
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Receptors, Pituitary Hormone/biosynthesis/*genetics
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Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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