Purification, characterization, and biological activity of a substance P-related peptide from the gut of the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 104-112

  Liu, Lu ^a   Conlon, J Michael ^b   Joss, Jean M P ^c   Burcher, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circular muscle; Gastrointestinal activity; Gut; Lungfish; Substance P; Tachykinin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; BUFOKININ; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036117806     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7732     Document Type: Article

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