Various isoforms of myomodulin identified from the male copulatory organ of Lymnaea show overlapping yet distinct modulatory effects on the penis muscle

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 321-329

  Van Golen, Floral A ^a   Li, Ka Wan ^a   Chen, Su ^b   Jiménez, Connie R ^a   Geraerts, Wijnand P M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cotransmission; Edman degradation; Male sexual behavior; Mass spectrometry; Myomodulatory peptides

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN GANGLION; COPULATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS;

EID: 13344281028     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66010321.x     Document Type: Article

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