Neuromedin U and its putative Drosophila homolog hugin

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 0316-

  Melcher, Christoph ^a   Bader, Rüdiger ^a   Walther, Steffen ^a   Simakov, Oleg ^a   Pankratz, Michael J ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUGIN; NEUROMEDIN U; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HUGIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; DROSOPHILA; LETTER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 33644989316     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040068     Document Type: Letter

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