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Drug efficacy at G protein-coupled receptors.
Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology - 1 Jan 2002
Kenakin Terry
Abstract excerpt
Efficacy has been defined in receptor pharmacology as a proportionality factor denoting the amount of physiological response a given ligand imparts to a biological system for a given amount of receptor occupancy. While first defined in terms of response, the concept can be expanded to a wide variety of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) behaviors, which includes pleiotropic interaction with multiple G proteins,...
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