Metamorphosin A and related compounds a novel family of neuropeptides with morphogenic activity

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 839, Issue , 1998, Pages 105-110

  Leitz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0032524836     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10740.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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