Receptors for the vasodilator maxadilan are expressed on selected neural crest and smooth muscle-derived cells

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1019-1025

  Moro, Osamu ^a,b   Tajima, Masahiro ^b   Lerner, Ethan A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAMP; G Protein coupled receptor; Leishmaniasis; Maxadilan; Sand fly; Second messenger

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; AMYLIN; AMYLOID; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; INSECT HORMONE; MAXADILAN; PEPTIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FLY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SECOND MESSENGER; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASODILATATION;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CYCLIC AMP; HUMANS; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURAL CREST; PC12 CELLS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; RABBITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VASODILATION;

EID: 0030266373     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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