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A Chicken Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Receptor That Confers Agonist Activity to Mammalian Antagonists
1 Mar 2001
Abstract excerpt
Mammalian receptors for gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) have over 85% sequence homology and similar ligand selectivity. Biological studies indicated that the chicken GnRH receptor has a distinct pharmacology, and certain antagonists of mammalian GnRH receptors function as agonists. To explore the structural determinants of this, we have cloned a chicken pituitary GnRH receptor and demonstrated that it has...
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