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Department of Pharmacology and Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
A tenet of pharmacology states that a receptor must be selective for and bind its natural ligand with high affinity. Recently discovered ligands of some deorphanized G protein-coupled receptors challenge this concept.
Address correspondence to: Olivier Civelli, Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Irvine, Med Surge II, Room 369, Irvine, CA 92697-4625. E-mail: ocivelli{at}uci.edu