Isolation, localization, and bioactivity of the FMRFamide-related neuropeptides GYIRFamide and YIRFamide from the marine turbellarian Bdelloura candida

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 814-821

  Johnston, Richard N ^a   Shaw, Chris ^a,d   Halton, David W ^a   Verhaert, Peter ^b   Blair, Kevin L ^c   Brennan, Gerard P ^a   Price, David A ^c   Anderson, Peter A V ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FMRFamide related peptides; GYIRFamide; Neuropeptides; Platyhelminths; Turbellaria

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PENTAPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TETRAPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALIA; BDELLOURA CANDIDA; CANDIDA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0030016942     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67020814.x     Document Type: Article

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