Expression and bioactivity of allatostatin-like neuropeptides in helminths

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1557-1567

  Mousley, Angela ^a   Moffett, Christy L ^a   Duve, Hanne ^b   Thorpe, Alan ^b   Halton, David W ^a   Geary, Timothy G ^c   Thompson, David P ^c   Maule, Aaron G ^a   Marks, Nikki J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Endectocide; FMRFamide like peptide; Muscle; Myoactivity; Nematode; Platyhelminth

Indexed keywords

ALLATOSTATIN; ASPARTYLARGINYLLEUCYLTYROSYLSERYLPHENYLALANYLGLYCYLLEUCINAMIDE; GLYCYLASPARTYLGLYCYLARGINYLLEUCYLTYROSYLALANYLPHENYLALANYLGLYCYL LEUCINAMIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PEPTIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; HELMINTHS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PLATYHELMINTHS; RECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE PEPTIDE;

ARTHROPODA; ASCARIS SUUM; NEMATODA; PANAGRELLUS REDIVIVUS; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROCERODES LITTORALIS; SUS SCROFA; VERMES;

EID: 28244476439     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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