The primary structures and myotropic activities of two tachykinins isolated from the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 113-121

  Johansson, Ågot ^a   Holmgren, Susanne ^a   Conlon, J Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Gastrointestinal; Neurokinin A; Smooth muscle; Substance P; TTX

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NEUROKININ A; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ DERIVATIVE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; FROG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STOMACH; TOAD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; BUFO MARINUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINES; METHYSERGIDE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROKININ A; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STOMACH; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININS; TETRODOTOXIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO MARINUS; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037107384     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(02)00154-4     Document Type: Article

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