Freeze tolerance in the wood frog Rana sylvatica is associated with unusual structural features in insulin but not in glucagon

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-159

  Conlon, J M ^a   Yano, K ^a   Chartrel, N ^b   Vaudry, H ^b   Storey, K B ^c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; INSULIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME REGULATION; FREEZING; FROG; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031767845     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0210153     Document Type: Article

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