Identification of A-type allatostatins possessing -YXFGI/Vamide carboxy-termini from the nervous system of the copepod crustacean Calanus finmarchicus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 526-533

  Christie, Andrew E ^a,b   Sousa, Gregory L ^b   Rus, Szymon ^c   Smith, Christine M ^b   Towle, David W ^b   Hartline, Daniel K ^b,d   Dickinson, Patsy S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Allatostatin (AST); Calanus finmarchicus; cDNA; Central nervous system (CNS); Expressed sequence tag (EST); Immunohistochemistry; Neurohormone; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

ALLATOSTATIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; CRUSTACEA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 38849103702     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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