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. 2012 Apr 27;5(5):417–446. doi: 10.3390/ph5050417

Table 1.

The list of techniques used to determine homo- and/or heterodimerization.

Method Receptors References
Complementation Assay Somatostatin receptors 1, 4 and 5 [21,36]
Calcium sensing receptor [41]
Muscarinic M2 and M3 receptors [42]
Muscarinic M3/α2 Adrenoceptor [22]
Dopamine receptor 2/3 [43]
GABAR1/GABAR2 [44]
Co-Immunoprecipitation α,β-Adrenoceptors [45,46]
Dopamine receptors [47,48]
Opioid receptors [49,50]
Chemokine receptor 2 [51]
Somatostatin receptors [31,32,34,35,36,52]
Somatostatin receptor 2/µ-Opioid receptor [53]
β-Adrenoceptors/Somatostatin receptor 5 [37,40]
Somatostatin receptor 2A/3 [52]
Angiotensin receptor 1/Cannabinoid receptor1 [54]
β2 Adrenoceptor/Opioid receptor [55]
GABAR1/GABAR2 [56,57]
Calcium sensing receptor/Glutamate Receptors [58]
FRET α-Adrenoceptors [45]
Thyrotropin receptor [59]
Neuropeptide Y receptor [60]
Dopamine receptor 2 [61]
Chemokine receptor 2 and 5 [62]
Somatostatin Receptors [63,64]
Photobleaching-FRET Somatostatin receptors [21,31,32,34,36,38]
Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone receptors [65,66]
Somatostatin receptors/Dopamine receptor [30,35]
Somatostatin receptor 5/β-Adrenoceptors [37,40]
Somatostatin receptor 4/µ-Opioid receptor [67]
Somatostatin receptor 4/δ-Opioid receptor [39]
Somatostatin receptors/EGFRs [15,16,17]
BRET β-Adrenoceptors [68]
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor [69]
Opioid receptors [70]
Chemokine receptor 4 and 5 [71]
Adenosine receptor [72,73]
Oxytocin Receptor [10]
Vasopressin Receptor [10]
Adenosine 2a receptor/Dopamine receptor 2 [73]
Adenosine 2a receptor/Purinergic receptor 2 [72]
Oxytocin/Vasopressin receptors [10]
Angiotensin receptor 1/Cannabinoid receptor 1 [54]
TR-FRET δ-Opioid receptor [74]
β2 Adrenoceptor/δ Opioid receptors [74]
Histamine 4 receptor [75]
GABAR1/GABAR2 [76]