Gene expression and function of FMRFamide-related neuropeptides in the snail Lymnaea

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 547-556

  Santama, Niovi ^a   Benjamin, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FMRFamide; Lymnaea; Neuropeptides

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLLUSCS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; FMRFAMIDE; GENE FUNCTION; GENES EXPRESSION; LYMNAEA; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; NEURONAL NETWORKS; NEUROPEPTIDES; SINGLE CELLS ANALYSIS; SINGLE-CELL LEVEL;

PEPTIDES;

NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SECOND MESSENGER; SNAIL;

CHORDATA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; METAZOA;

EID: 0034659893     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20000615)49:6<547::AID-JEMT5>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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