Evidence for helicity in insect diuretic peptide hormones: Computational analysis, spectroscopic studies, and biological assays

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-108

  Nittoli, T ^a   Coast, G M ^b   Sieburth, Scott McN ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acheta domesticus; CD; Helix; Locusta migratoria; Musca domestica; NMR; Periplaneta americana; Trifluoroethanol

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; INSECT HORMONE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PEPTIDE HORMONE; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; FLUID BALANCE; INSECT CONTROL; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIURESIS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; INSECTA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 0032982094     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.1999.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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