Members of the chemokine family of chemotactic peptides interact with their target cells
through heptahelical cell surface receptors. An understanding of the biochemistry and
expression patterns of these receptors is therefore central to our overall understanding of the
roles played by chemokines in both physiological and pathological processes. To date, eight
receptors for the β-chemokine subfamily have been described. We have recently cloned a
novel murine β-chemokine receptor and report here the identification and characterization of …