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. 2017 Jul 3;114(27):6888-6890.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1708155114. Epub 2017 Jun 23.

Cloning the sigma2 receptor: Wandering 40 years to find an identity

Felix J Kim  1 , Gavril W Pasternak  2
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Cloning the sigma2 receptor: Wandering 40 years to find an identity

Felix J Kim et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Conflict of interest statement: G.W.P. declares no conflict of interest. F.J.K. is cofounder of Context Therapeutics.

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Fig. 1.
Comparison of predicted topology and crystal structure of the sigma1 and sigma2 receptors. (A) Topology model of the sigma1 receptor. Reproduced from Laurini et al. (26). (B) Space-fill model of the sigma1 crystal structure with the bound ligand in yellow. Reproduced from Schmidt et al. (5). (C) Topology model of TMEM97/sigma2 receptor. Reproduced from Alon et al. (6). (D) Question regarding crystal structure of TMEM97/sigma2 receptor.
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