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The Drosophila G protein-coupled receptor, Methuselah, exhibits a promiscuous response to peptides

  1. William W. Ja1,
  2. Gil B. Carvalho1,
  3. Marisol Madrigal1,
  4. Richard W. Roberts2,3,4,*,
  5. Seymour Benzer1,†

Article first published online: 11 AUG 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pro.221

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 11, pages 2203–2208, November 2009

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Ja, W. W., Carvalho, G. B., Madrigal, M., Roberts, R. W. and Benzer, S. (2009), The Drosophila G protein-coupled receptor, Methuselah, exhibits a promiscuous response to peptides. Protein Science, 18: 2203–2208. doi: 10.1002/pro.221

Author Information

  1. 1

    Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089

  3. 3

    Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089

  4. 4

    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089

  1. †

    Deceased

*Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Biology, 3710 McClintock Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90089

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 OCT 2009
  2. Article first published online: 11 AUG 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 11 AUG 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 31 JUL 2009
  5. Manuscript Revised: 30 JUL 2009
  6. Manuscript Received: 9 JUL 2009

Funded by

  • NIH. Grant Numbers: K99AG030493, R01 GM60416, R01 AG016630
  • J. D. French Alzheimer's Foundation (Postdoctoral Fellowship)
  • Glenn Foundation for Medical Research
  • American Federation for Aging Research (Scholarship for Research in the Biology of Aging)
  • Lawrence L. and Audrey W. (Graduate Fellowship)

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