The pharmacology of nematode FMRFamide-related peptides

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 351-357

  Maule, A G ^a   Geary, T G ^b   Bowman, J W ^b   Shaw, C ^a   Halton, D W ^a   Thompson, D P ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEMATODE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER;

EID: 0030247407     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)10051-X     Document Type: Review

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