Post-translational processing of proopiomelanocortin in the pituitary and in the brain

Critical Reviews in Neurobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-57

  Castro, Maria G ^a   Morrison, Ewan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endopeptidases; Nuclear translocation; POMC; Post translational processing; Secretory pathway

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA LIPOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDASE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEINASE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PRECURSOR; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

EID: 0030947997     PISSN: 08920915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/critrevneurobiol.v11.i1.30     Document Type: Review

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