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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Receptors, Cell Surface > Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled > Receptors, Glucagon
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Receptors, Cell Surface > Receptors, Peptide > Receptors, Pancreatic Hormone > Receptors, Glucagon

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Receptors, Glucagon  

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  • Glucagon Receptor
  • Glucagon Receptors
  • Receptor, Glucagon

Scope note

  • Cell surface receptors that bind glucagon with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes which influence the behavior of cells. Activation of glucagon receptors causes a variety of effects; the best understood is the initiation of a complex enzymatic cascade in the liver which ultimately increases the availability of glucose to body organs.

History note

  • 94; was GLUCAGON RECEPTOR (NM) 1980-93

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