Identification of a ghrelin-like peptide in two species of shark, Sphyrna lewini and Carcharhinus melanopterus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-268

  Kawakoshi, Akatsuki ^a   Kaiya, Hiroyuki ^a   Riley, Larry G ^c   Hirano, Tetsuya ^b   Grau, E Gordon ^b   Miyazato, Mikiya ^a   Hosoda, Hiroshi ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Ghrelin; Ghrelin gene; Ghrelin like peptide; Shark

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DECANOIC ACID; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; OCTANOIC ACID; PEPTIDE; SERINE;

ACYLATION; AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICKEN; CHO CELL; EXON; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INTRON; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RAINBOW TROUT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHARK; STOMACH; TELEOST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34147118971     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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