Urotensin-II receptor
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The urotensin-II receptor (UT, also referred to as the hypocretin receptor) is a G-protein coupled receptor which binds the peptide hormone urotensin-II
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Urotensin-II
Urotensin-II is a peptide ligand, initially isolated from the neurosecretory system of the Goby fish . For many years it was thought that U-II does not exhibit significant effects in mammalian systems; a view quickly overturned when it was demonstrated that Goby U-II produces slow relaxation of...
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