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6 - Functional consequences of chemokine receptor dimerization

from PART II - OLIGOMERIZATION OF GPCRS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

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Mario Mellado ,
Carlos Martínez-A  and
José Miguel Rodríguez-Frade
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Sandra Siehler  and
Graeme Milligan
Mario Mellado
Affiliation:
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia
Carlos Martínez-A
Affiliation:
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia
José Miguel Rodríguez-Frade
Affiliation:
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia
Sandra Siehler
Affiliation:
Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research
Graeme Milligan
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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G Protein-Coupled Receptors
Structure, Signaling, and Physiology
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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