Christina Bergqvist

Molecular mechanisms of native ligand selectivity in catecholamine G protein-coupled receptors

Kahlous, Nour Aldin; Rinne, Maiju K.; Zhang, Xin; Li, Yanying et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2026

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Evolution in metazoans of the TRPM channel family involves multiple gains and losses of genes and domains

Morini, Marina; Bergqvist, Christina; Asturiano, Juan F.; Dufour, Sylvie et al.

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2026

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Tandem Gene Clusters as Phylogenetic Anchors Reveal the Hidden History of Vertebrate Visual Opsins

Lagman, David; Bergqvist, Christina; Kuraku, Shigehiro

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2025

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Identification of a new Kir6 potassium channel and comparison of properties of Kir6 subtypes by structural modelling and molecular dynamics

Criveanu, Dan; Bergqvist, Christina; Larhammar, Dan; Walczewska-Szewc, Katarzyna

Part of International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023

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The Evolution of Oxytocin and Vasotocin Receptor Genes in Jawed Vertebrates: A Clear Case for Gene Duplications Through Ancestral Whole-Genome Duplications

Ocampo Daza, Daniel; Bergqvist, Christina; Larhammar, Dan

Part of Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022

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Molecular mechanisms of native ligand selectivity in catecholamine G protein-coupled receptors

Kahlous, Nour Aldin; Rinne, Maiju K.; Zhang, Xin; Li, Yanying et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2026

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Evolution in metazoans of the TRPM channel family involves multiple gains and losses of genes and domains

Morini, Marina; Bergqvist, Christina; Asturiano, Juan F.; Dufour, Sylvie et al.

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2026

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Tandem Gene Clusters as Phylogenetic Anchors Reveal the Hidden History of Vertebrate Visual Opsins

Lagman, David; Bergqvist, Christina; Kuraku, Shigehiro

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2025

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Identification of a new Kir6 potassium channel and comparison of properties of Kir6 subtypes by structural modelling and molecular dynamics

Criveanu, Dan; Bergqvist, Christina; Larhammar, Dan; Walczewska-Szewc, Katarzyna

Part of International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023

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The Evolution of Oxytocin and Vasotocin Receptor Genes in Jawed Vertebrates: A Clear Case for Gene Duplications Through Ancestral Whole-Genome Duplications

Ocampo Daza, Daniel; Bergqvist, Christina; Larhammar, Dan

Part of Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022

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Dynamic evolution of transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) ion channel family with numerous gene duplications and losses

Morini, Marina; Bergqvist, Christina; Asturiano, Juan F.; Larhammar, Dan et al.

Part of Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022

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Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) Gene Family Duplications in Lampreys Correlate With Two Early Vertebrate Genome Doublings

Cardoso, Joao C. R.; Bergqvist, Christina; Larhammar, Dan

Part of Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020

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Evolution of vertebrate nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Pedersen, Julia E.; Bergqvist, Christina; Larhammar, Dan

Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019

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Evolution of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in vertebrates

Pedersen, Julia E.; Bergqvist, Christina; Larhammar, Dan

Part of eNeuro, 2018

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Corticotropin-releasing hormone family evolution: five ancestral genes remain in some lineages

Cardoso, Joao C. R.; Bergqvist, Christina A.; Felix, Rute C.; Larhammar, Dan

Part of Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, p. 73-86, 2016

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Characterization of peptide QRFP (26RFa) and its receptor from amphioxus, Branchiostoma floridae

Xu, Bo; Bergqvist, Christina A; Sundström, Görel; Lundell, Ingrid et al.

Part of General and Comparative Endocrinology, p. 107-113, 2015

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Molecular evolution of GPCRS: somatostatin/urotensin II receptors

Tostivint, Hervé; Ocampo Daza, Daniel; Bergqvist, Christina; Quan, F. B. et al.

Part of Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 2014

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Unexpected multiplicity of QRFP receptors in early vertebrate evolution

Larhammar, Dan; Xu, Bo; Bergqvist, Christina A

Part of Frontiers in Neuroscience, p. 337, 2014

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New insights into the evolution of vertebrate CRH (corticotropin-releasing hormone) and invertebrate DH44 (diuretic hormone 44) receptors in metazoans

Cardoso, João C R; Félix, Rute C; Bergqvist, Christina A; Larhammar, Dan

Part of General and Comparative Endocrinology, p. 162-170, 2014

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Ancient Grandeur of the Vertebrate Neuropeptide Y System Shown by the Coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae

Larhammar, Dan; Bergqvist, Christina A.

Part of Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2013

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The evolution of vertebrate somatostatin receptors and their gene regions involves extensive chromosomal rearrangements.

Ocampo Daza, Daniel; Sundström, Görel; Bergqvist, Christina; Larhammar, Dan

Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, p. 231, 2012

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Characterization of the neuropeptide Y system in the frog Silurana tropicalis (Pipidae): three peptides and six receptor subtypes

Sundström, Görel; Xu, Bo; Larsson, Tomas A; Heldin, Johan et al.

Part of General and Comparative Endocrinology, p. 322-331, 2012

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Evolution of the insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) family

Ocampo Daza, Daniel; Sundström, Görel; Bergqvist, Christina A; Duan, Cunming et al.

Part of Endocrinology, p. 2278-2289, 2011

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Localization of neuropeptide Y receptor Y5 mRNA in the guinea pig brain

Holmberg, Sara K S; Johnson, A E; Bergqvist, Christina; Källström, Lillemor et al.

Part of Regulatory Peptides, p. 61-67, 2004

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Ancestral vertebrate complexity of the opioid system

Larhammar, Dan; Bergqvist, Christina A.; Sundström, Görel

Part of Nociceptin Opioid, Academic Press, 2015

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