Cloning and characterization of Aplysia neutral endopeptidase, a metallo-endopeptidase involved in the extracellular metabolism of neuropeptides in Aplysia californica

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4280-4292

  Zappulla, Jacques P ^a   Wickham, Louise ^a   Bawab, Wafa ^a   Yang, Xiao Feng ^a,b   Storozhuk, Maksim V ^a,c   Castellucci, Vincent F ^a   DesGroseillers, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Buccal ganglion; CNS; Neuropeptide degradation; Neutral endopeptidase; SCP

Indexed keywords

AMASTATIN; CAPTOPRIL; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PHOSPHORAMIDON;

ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0033152376     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-11-04280.1999     Document Type: Article

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