Cloning and sequencing of a cDNA encoding the mouse brain-type cannabinoid receptor protein
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in DNA Sequence
- Vol. 5 (6) , 385-388
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10425179509020870
Abstract
Mouse brain-type cannabinoid receptor (CB1) cDNA was cloned and sequenced. Comparison to rat and human CB1 sequences showed extensive homology (>96%) both at the nu-cleotide and protein levels implicating the importance of this protein in mammalian brain physiology.Keywords
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