Insulin-releasing properties of the frog skin peptide pseudin-2 and its [Lys18]-substituted analogue

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 389, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-148

  Abdel Wahab, Yasser H A ^a   Power, Gavin J ^a   Ng, Ming T ^a   Flatt, Peter R ^a   Conlon, J Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Frog skin; Insulin secretion; Pseudin 2; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYSINE; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE PSEUDIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FROG; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSULIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CALCIUM; CATIONS; CELL LINE; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; RANIDAE; SKIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANURA; PSEUDIS PARADOXA;

EID: 38649103176     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2008.018     Document Type: Article

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