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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13238-014-0062-z

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Why is dimerization essential for class-C GPCR function? New insights from mGluR1 crystal structure analysis

  • Xuejun C. Zhang , 1 ,
  • Jianfeng Liu 2 ,
  • Daohua Jiang 1,2
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  • 1. National Laboratory of Macromolecules, National Center of Protein Science—Beijing, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2. School of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

Published date: 31 Jul 2014

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Xuejun C. Zhang , Jianfeng Liu , Daohua Jiang . Why is dimerization essential for class-C GPCR function? New insights from mGluR1 crystal structure analysis[J]. Protein & Cell, 2014 , 5(7) : 492 -495 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-014-0062-z

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