Identification and localization of a neprilysin-like activity that degrades tachykinin-related peptides in the brain of the cockroach, leucophaea maderae, and locust, locusta migratoria

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 457, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-66

  Isaac, R Elwyn ^a   Nässel, Dick R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme, ACE; Dipeptidyl peptidase IV; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE V; ENKEPHALIN[2 ALANINE 5 LEUCINE]; GLYCINE; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHORAMIDON; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TACHYKININ; THIORPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CHEMICAL BOND; COCKROACH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLYSIS; LEUCOPHAEA MADERAE; LOCUST; MALE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COCKROACHES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; HYDROLYSIS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; NEPRILYSIN; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; TACHYKININS;

EID: 0037463454     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10561     Document Type: Article

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