Isolation and characterisation of an unexpected class of insulinotropic peptides in the skin of the frog Agalychnis litodryas

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 33-38

  Marenah, L ^a   Shaw, C ^a   Orr, D F ^a   McClean, S ^a   Flatt, P R ^a   Abdel Wahab, Y H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agalychnis litodryas; Insulin secretion; Peptides

Indexed keywords

ALANYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLASPARTYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCYLLYSYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUC YLGLYCYLLYSYLALANYLALANYLGLYCYLLYSYLALANYLVALYLLEUCYLASPARAGINYLSERYLTHREONYLASP ARTYLMETHIONYLVALYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGALYCHNIS LITODRYAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FRACTIONATION; FROG; INSULIN LIKE ACTIVITY; INSULIN RELEASE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN SURFACE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RANIDAE; SKIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

AGALYCHNIS; AGALYCHNIS LITODRYAS; ANURA;

EID: 2642559433     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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