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13 - Assessing allosteric ligand-receptor interactions

from PART IV - LIGAND PHARMACOLOGY OF GPCRS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

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Ivan Toma Vranesic  and
Daniel Hoyer
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Ivan Toma Vranesic
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Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Daniel Hoyer
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Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
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Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research
Graeme Milligan
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University of Glasgow
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G Protein-Coupled Receptors
Structure, Signaling, and Physiology
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