Isolation and structural characterisation of a novel 13-amino acid insulin-releasing peptide from the skin secretion of Agalychnis calcarifer

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 386, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 581-587

  Abdel Wahab, Yasser H A ^a   Marenah, Lamin ^a   Orr, David F ^a   Shaw, Chris ^a   Flatt, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agalychnis calcarifer; Amphibian peptides; Insulin secretion; Insulinotropic peptide; RK 13

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPHIBIAN PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; INSULIN DERIVATIVE; PR 39; PROTEIN RK 13; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FROG; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN LIKE ACTIVITY; INSULIN RELEASE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SKIN SECRETION; SKIN SURFACE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN VENOMS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANURA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSULIN; PEPTIDES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE;

AGALYCHNIS CALCARIFER; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 26844462726     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14316730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2005.068     Document Type: Article

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