PRQFVamide, a novel pentapeptide identified from the CNS and gut of Aplysia

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3114-3127

  Furukawa, Y ^a   Nakamaru, K ^a   Sasaki, K ^a   Fujisawa, Y ^b   Minakata, H ^b   Ohta, S ^a   Morishita, F ^a   Matsushima, O ^a   Li, L ^c   Alexeeva, V ^d   Ellis, T A ^d   Dembrow, N C ^d   Jing, J ^d   Sweedler, J V ^c   Weiss, K R ^d   Vilim, F S ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTAPEPTIDE; PROLYLARGINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLVALINAMIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GILL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; KIDNEY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VASCULARIZATION;

AMIDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; ARGININE; BLOOD VESSELS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA; GLYCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PEPTIDES; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; VALINE;

EID: 0037603543     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00014.2003     Document Type: Article

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