The ups and downs of Gs- to Gi-protein switching

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Editorial

Stephen J Hill et al. Br J Pharmacol. 2003 Apr.

. 2003 Apr;138(7):1188-9.

doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705192.

¹ Institute of Cell Signalling, Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH. stephen.hill@nottingham.ac.uk

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Cardiac-specific overexpression of human beta2 adrenoceptors in mice exposes coupling to both Gs and Gi proteins.
Hasseldine AR, Harper EA, Black JW. Hasseldine AR, et al. Br J Pharmacol. 2003 Apr;138(7):1358-66. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705191. Br J Pharmacol. 2003. PMID: 12711637 Free PMC article.

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