Proctolin, an insect neuropeptide

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 533-546

  Konopińska, Danuta ^a   Rosiński, Grzegorz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Insect peptides; Neuropeptides; Proctolin; Proctolin analogues

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; LEUCINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROCTOLIN; PROLINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; THREONINE; TYROSINE;

INSECT; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INSECTS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

INSECTA;

EID: 1642617494     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1387(199912)5:12<533::AID-PSC225>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Review

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