"Receptors, Catecholamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cell surface proteins that bind catecholamines with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes which influence the behavior of cells. The catecholamine messengers epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine are synthesized from tyrosine by a common biosynthetic pathway.
| Descriptor ID |
D017983
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.670.300 D12.776.543.750.695.150 D12.776.543.750.720.330
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| Concept/Terms |
Receptors, Catecholamine- Receptors, Catecholamine
- Catecholamine Receptors
- Catecholamine Receptor
- Receptor, Catecholamine
- Receptors, Catecholamines
- Catecholamines Receptors
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Banerjee DK, Lutz RA, Levine MA, Rodbard D, Pollard HB. Uptake of norepinephrine and related catecholamines by cultured chromaffin cells: characterization of cocaine-sensitive and -insensitive plasma membrane transport sites. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987 Apr; 84(7):1749-53.