Analysis of FMRFamide-like peptide (FLP) diversity in phylum Nematoda

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1043-1060

  McVeigh, Paul ^a   Leech, Suzanne ^a   Mair, Gunnar R ^a   Marks, Nikki J ^a   Geary, Timothy G ^b   Maule, Aaron G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic local alignment search tool; Expressed sequence tags; FMRFamide related peptide; Parasitic nematodes; Prepropeptide cleavage; Secretory signal peptide

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METAZOON; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHYLUM; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FMRFAMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HELMINTH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 24044530657     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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