Structure-activity relationships of FMRFamide-related peptides contracting Schistosoma mansoni muscle

Peptides

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 917-921

  Day, Tim A ^a   Maule, Aaron G ^b   Shaw, Chris ^b   Pax, Ralph A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flatworm; FMRFamide related peptide; Helminth; Muscle; Peptide Receptors; Platyhelminth; Schistosoma mansoni; Trematode

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CESTODA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; TREMATODA; TURBELLARIA; VERMES;

EID: 0030670830     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(97)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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