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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Receptors, Cell Surface > Receptors, Adipokine > Receptors, Adiponectin

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Receptors, Adiponectin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Adiponectin Receptor
  • Adiponectin Receptors
  • Receptor, Adiponectin

Scope note

  • Cell surface receptors for ADIPONECTIN, an antidiabetic hormone secreted by ADIPOCYTES. Adiponectin receptors are membrane proteins with multiple cytoplasmic and extracellular regions. They are about 43 kDa and encoded by at least two genes with different affinities for globular and full-length adiponectin.

History note

  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054419

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