Primary structure of insulin from the African lungfish, Protopterus annectens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 421-427

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Platz, James E ^b   Nielsen, Per F ^c   Vaudry, Hubert ^d   Vallarino, Mauro ^e  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; C PEPTIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; INSULIN; LYSINE; PANCREAS EXTRACT; SERINE;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HORMONE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031239782     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6939     Document Type: Article

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