Parasitic peptides! The structure and function of neuropeptides in parasitic worms

Peptides

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 999-1019

  Day, Tim A ^a   Maule, Aaron G ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FMRFamide related peptide; Invertebrate; Nematode; Neuropeptide F; Platyhelminth

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE F; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE YY; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HISTOCHEMISTRY; NEMATODE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 0032820287     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(99)00093-5     Document Type: Review

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