At the cutting edge. Where does amidation take place?

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-117

  Martínez, Alfredo ^a,b   Treston, Anthony M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amidation; Endocrine regulation; Peptide hormones

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE HORMONE; HORMONE;

AMIDATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LUNG; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SHORT SURVEY; SMALL INTESTINE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HORMONES; HUMANS; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 0030607297     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(96)03903-2     Document Type: Article

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