LWamides from Cnidaria constitute a novel family of neuropeptides with morphogenetic activity

Roux's Archives of Developmental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 232-242

  Gajewski, Martin ^a   Leitz, Thomas ^b   Schloßherr, Jörg ^a   Plickert, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioactive peptide; Hydrozoa; IWamide; Metamorphosis; MWamide

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COELENTERATE; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHOPLEURA ELEGANTISSIMA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDRACTINIA ECHINATA; HYDROZOA;

EID: 0030064143     PISSN: 0930035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00365801     Document Type: Article

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