Molecular cloning, characterization of cDNA, and distribution of mRNA encoding the frog prohormone convertase PC1

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 405, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 160-172

  Gangnon, Françoise ^a   Danger, Jean Michel ^a   Jegou, Sylvie ^a   Vieau, Didier ^a   Seidah, Nabil G ^b   Vaudry, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Brain; Neuropeptides; Pituitary; Posttranslational processing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FURIN; KEXIN; MESSENGER RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SUBTILISIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DNA LIBRARY; FROG; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENETIC CODE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; RANA RIDIBUNDA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033535330     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990308)405:2<160::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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