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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Receptors, Cell Surface > Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled > Receptors, Catecholamine
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Receptors, Cell Surface > Receptors, Biogenic Amine > Receptors, Catecholamine
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Receptors, Catecholamine  

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  • Catecholamine Receptor
  • Catecholamine Receptors
  • Catecholamines Receptors
  • Receptor, Catecholamine
  • Receptors, Catecholamines

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  • Cell surface proteins that bind catecholamines with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes which influence the behavior of cells. The catecholamine messengers epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine are synthesized from tyrosine by a common biosynthetic pathway.

History note

  • 94; was CATECHOLAMINE RECEPTOR (NM) 1982-93

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