Characterization of Aplysia Alb-1, a candidate water-borne protein pheromone released during egg laying

Peptides

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-161

  Cummins, Scott F ^a,b   Degnan, Bernard M ^b   Nagle, Gregg T ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alb 1; Aplysia; Attractin; Mollusk; Protein pheromone

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PROTEIN ALB 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA LIBRARY; EGG LAYING; EXOCRINE GLAND; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GONADS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHEROMONES; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSE ORGANS;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 39149128738     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.07.031     Document Type: Article

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