Molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding the neuropeptides APGWamide and cerebral peptide 1: Localization of APGWamide-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system and male reproductive organs of Aplysia

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-62

  Fan, Xuemo ^a   Croll, Roger P ^b   Wu, Bo ^a   Fang, Li ^a   Shen, Qiang ^a   Painter, Sherry D ^a   Nagle, Gregg T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gastropod; Mollusk; Peptidergic neurons

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROPOD; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENETIC CODE; GENITALIA, MALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 0030884657     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971013)387:1<53::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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