Molecular cloning, expression, and gene localization of a fourth melanocortin receptor.

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Published in J Biol Chem on July 15, 1993

Authors

I Gantz1, H Miwa, Y Konda, Y Shimoto, T Tashiro, S J Watson, J DelValle, T Yamada

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1: Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0386.

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