Identification of the dipteran Leu-callatostatin peptide family: Characterisation of the prohormone gene from Calliphora vomitoria and Lucilia cuprina

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  East, Peter ^a   Tregenza, Karen ^a   Duve, Hanne ^b   Thorpe, Alan ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allatostatin; Callatostatin; Gene cloning; Gut endocrine cell; Neuropeptide; Prohormone

Indexed keywords

ALLATOSTATIN; CALLATOSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIPTERA; DNA PROBES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORA VOMITORIA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; LUCILIA CUPRINA;

EID: 0030583718     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(96)00109-7     Document Type: Article

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