Importance of the proline residue to the functional activity and metabolic stability of the nematode FMRFamide-related peptide, KPNFIRFamide (PF4)

Peptides

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1267-1277

  Kubiak, Teresa M ^a   Maule, Aaron G ^b   Marks, Nikki J ^b   Martin, Roger A ^a   Wiest, John R ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; FMRFamide related peptide; KPNFIRFamide; Myoactivity; Nematode; Nematode peptides; Peptide metabolism; PF4

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASCARIS SUUM; DRUG STABILITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEMATODA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROLINE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030471012     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(96)00197-0     Document Type: Article

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