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A crystal clear view of the β2-adrenergic receptor

Nature Biotechnology volume 26, pages189–191(2008)Cite this article

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

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Figure 1: Structures of the β2-adrenergic receptor and rhodopsin.

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  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. lefko001@receptor-biol.duke.edu

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  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.

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Lefkowitz, R., Sun, JP. & Shukla, A. A crystal clear view of the β2-adrenergic receptor. Nat Biotechnol 26, 189–191 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0208-189

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