Identification and characterization of a myomodulin-like peptide in the leech

Peptides

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 487-493

  Wang, Yong ^a   Price, David A ^b   Sahley, Christie L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

GMGALRLamide; Leech; Neuronal modulation; RP HPLC

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; MYOMODULIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEECH; NERVE CORD; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; IMMUNOASSAY; LEECHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 0031901434     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(97)00419-1     Document Type: Article

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