The discovery of ghrelin - A personal memory

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 2-6

  Kojima, Masayasu ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyl modification; Ghrelin; GHS R; Octanoic acid; Stomach

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STOMACH SECRETION;

GHRELIN; HUMANS; LIGANDS; STOMACH;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37349007443     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2007.09.023     Document Type: Review

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