Comparison of precursor structures of the GGNG peptides derived from the earthworm eisenia foetida and the leech hirudo nipponia

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 443-445

  Minakata, Hiroyuki ^a   Ikeda, Tetsuya ^a   Nagahama, Tomoaki ^b   Oumi, Tomoyuki ^b   Ukena, Kazuyoshi ^b   Matsushima, Osamu ^b   Kawano, Tsuyoshi ^a,c   Kimura, Yasuo ^c  

^a SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annelida; Cdna; Cloning; Peptide; Precursor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOPEPTIDE; GGNG 2 PEPTIDE; GGNG-2 PEPTIDE; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; LEECH; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; LEECHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOCHAETA; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033071201     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.443     Document Type: Article

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