Identification of a Proctolin Preprohormone Gene (Proct) of Drosophila melanogaster: Expression and Predicted Prohormone Processing

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-391

  Taylor, Christine A M ^a   Winther, Åsa M E ^b   Siviter, Richard J ^c   Shirras, Alan D ^a   Isaac, R Elwyn ^c   Nässel, Dick R ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoproteolytic processing; Insect nervous system; Neuropeptide; Preprohormone; Proctolin

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; HORMONE PRECURSOR; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDASE; PREPROCTOLIN; PROCTOLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEART RATE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT; INTERNEURON; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HEART RATE; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 1042298146     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10301     Document Type: Article

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