Purification and distribution of ghrelin: The natural endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor

Hormone Research

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 93-97

  Kojima, Masayasu ^a,b   Hosoda, Hiroshi ^b   Kangawa, Kenji ^b  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appetite regulation; Ghrelin; Growth hormone; Growth hormone secretagogue; Growth hormone secretagogue receptor; Octanoic acid; Peptide modification; Stomach

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE; LIGAND; OCTANOIC ACID; SERINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STOMACH;

EID: 0035688260     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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