Identification and molecular cloning of a novel neuromedin U analog from the skin secretions of toad Bombina maxima

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 43-47

  Lee, Wen Hui ^a   Liu, Shu Bai ^a,b   Shen, Ji Hong ^a,c   Jin, Yang ^a   Lai, Ren ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Bombina maxima; cDNA; Neuromedin U; Neuropeptide; Sequence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE; LYSINE; NEUROMEDIN U; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA LIBRARY; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SKIN; SKIN SECRETION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TOAD; UTERUS HORN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOMBINA MAXIMA;

EID: 20144385882     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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