FMRFamide-related gene family in the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 103-111

  Nelson, Laura S ^a,b   Kim, Kyuhyung ^a   Memmott, John E ^a   Li, Chris ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NemaPharm   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental expression; FMRFamide gene family; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FMRFAMIDE; GENES, HELMINTH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROPEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, HELMINTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032528113     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00106-5     Document Type: Article

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