Transient receptor potential channel promiscuity frustrates constellation pharmacology

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Thomas Voets et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012.

. 2012 Dec 4;109(49):E3338; author reply E338.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1213778109. Epub 2012 Oct 23.

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Characterization of two neuronal subclasses through constellation pharmacology.
Teichert RW, Raghuraman S, Memon T, Cox JL, Foulkes T, Rivier JE, Olivera BM. Teichert RW, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jul 31;109(31):12758-63. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1209759109. Epub 2012 Jul 9. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012. PMID: 22778416 Free PMC article.

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