The prokineticins: A novel pair of regulatory peptides

Molecular Interventions

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 330-338

  Zhou, Qun Yong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE GLAND DERIVED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROKINETICIN RECEPTOR 1; PROKINETICIN RECEPTOR 2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANGIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PEPTIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR, ENDOCRINE-GLAND-DERIVED;

EID: 33845975315     PISSN: 15340384     EISSN: 15432548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mi.6.6.6     Document Type: Review

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