Isolation of a peptide structurally related to mammalian corticostatins from the lamprey Petromyzon marinus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-137

  Conlon, J M ^a   Sower, S A ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

agnathan; corticostatin; defensin; HPLC purification; sea lamprey; skin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTATIN; DEFENSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RABBIT; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PETROMYZON MARINUS; PETROMYZONTIDAE;

EID: 0030018691     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02132-9     Document Type: Article

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