Hydropathy profiles of predicted thyrotropin-releasing hormone precursors are highly conserved despite low similarity of primary structures

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 695-701

  Ohide, Akira ^a   Ando, Hironori ^b   Yanagisawa, Tadashi ^a   Urano, Akihisa ^b  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloning; Evolution; Hydropathy; Sockeye salmon; Thyrotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HORMONE PRECURSOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTIRELIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029791613     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1996.tb00706.x     Document Type: Article

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