Novel insulin-releasing peptides in the skin of Phyllomedusa trinitatis frog include 28 amino acid peptide from dermaseptin BIV precursor

Pancreas

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 110-115

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insulin secretion; Peptides; Phyllomedusa trinitatis

Indexed keywords

ALANYLLEUCYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLASPARTYLISOLEUCYLLEUCYLLYSYLASPARAGINYLVALYLGLYC YLLYSYLALANYLALANYLGLYCYLLYSYLALANYLVALYLLEUCYLASPARAGINYLTHREONYLVALYLTHREONYLA SPARTYLMETHIONYLVALYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINE; DERMASEPTIN; INSULIN; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FROG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN RELEASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYLLOMEDUSA TRINITATIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN SECRETION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN VENOMS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANURA; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; SKIN; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 3242746894     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-200408000-00005     Document Type: Article

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