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Nature Biotechnology 26, 189 - 191 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nbt0208-189

A crystal clear view of the bold beta2-adrenergic receptor

Robert J Lefkowitz1, Jin-Peng Sun2 & Arun K Shukla2

  1. Robert J. Lefkowitz is in the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. e-mail: lefko001@receptor-biol.duke.edu
  2. Jin-Peng Sun and Arun K. Shukla are in the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.


The crystal structure of a second G protein–coupled receptor sheds light on these key pharmaceutical targets.

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