Kinestatin: A novel bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist peptide from the skin secretion of the Chinese toad, Bombina maxima

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 147-154

  Chen, Tianbao ^a,b   O'Rourke, Martin ^a   Orr, David F ^a   Coulter, Daniel J M ^a   Hirst, David G ^a   Rao, Pingfan ^b   Shaw, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Peptide; Precursor cloning; Skin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BRADYKININ; BRADYKININ B1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BRADYKININ B2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ICATIBANT; ISOLEUCINE; KINESTATIN; KININ DERIVATIVE; LEUCINE; ORNITHOKININ; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLEPHRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG ISOLATION; GENETIC DATABASE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SKIN SECRETION; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOMBINA; BOMBINA MAXIMA;

EID: 0242361253     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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