Pachymedusa dacnicolor tryptophyllin-1: Structural characterization, pharmacological activity and cloning of precursor cDNA

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-32

  Chen, Tianbao ^a,b   Orr, David F ^a   O'Rourke, Martin ^a   McLynn, Ceola ^a   Bjourson, Anthony J ^a   McClean, Stephen ^a   Hirst, David ^a   Rao, Pingfan ^b   Shaw, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; cDNA clone; Pachymedusa dacnicolor; Peptide; Pharmacological activity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PEPTIDE; TRYPTOPHYLLIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENCY; FROG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PACHYMEDUSA DANICOLOR; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN SECRETION; SMALL INTESTINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CENTROLENIDAE; MAMMALIA; PACHYMEDUSA DACNICOLOR; PHYLLOMEDUSA;

EID: 0346995402     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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