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ArticleNature2018

Molecular mechanism of GPCR-mediated arrestin activation.

Naomi R Latorraca, Jason K Wang, Brian Bauer, Raphael J L Townshend, Scott A Hollingsworth, Julia E Olivieri, H Eric Xu, Martha E Sommer, Ron O Dror

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Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers.

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121citing papers in PubMed
9.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

121 citing papers in PubMed, 211 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Naomi R LatorracaBiophysics Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Jason K WangDepartment of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Brian BauerInstitut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik (CC2), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Raphael J L TownshendDepartment of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Scott A HollingsworthBiophysics Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Julia E OlivieriInstitute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
H Eric XuVARI-SIMM Center, Center for Structure and Function of Drug Targets, CAS-Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Martha E SommerInstitut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik (CC2), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. martha.sommer@charite.de.
Ron O DrorBiophysics Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. ron.dror@stanford.edu.
Stanford University · USCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEVan Andel Institute · US

Funding

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING IN MEDICAL INFORMATION SCIENCEST15LM007033 · NLM · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SYLVIA KATINA PLEVRITIS · 1985 to 2026
$25.5M
Molecular Biophysics Training Program at StanfordT32GM008294 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI HUANG, KERWYN C. · 1989 to 2019
$7.4M
Breakthrough Molecular Dynamics Research via an Anton2 SupercomputerR01GM116961 · NIGMS · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI BLOOD, PHILIP D. · 2016 to 2023
$3.0M
Discovering the mechanism of GPCR-mediated arrestin stimulation to enable effective drug therapiesR01GM127359 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DROR, RON · 2018 to 2022
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM116961NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM127359NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008294NIH HHS T15-LM007033-33
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite intense interest in discovering drugs that cause G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) to selectively stimulate or block arrestin signalling, the structural mechanism of receptor-mediated arrestin activation remains unclear

Indexed as

AnimalsArrestinsCattleLigandsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSignal TransductionSpectrometry, FluorescenceArrestinsLigandsReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

Identifiers

PMID29720655
PMCPMC6294333
OpenAlexW2800175679

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