Structure-activity relationships for the cardiotropic action of the Led-NPF-I peptide in the beetles Tenebrio molitor and Zophobas atratus

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-334

  Marciniak, Paweł ^a   Grodecki, Sebastian ^b   Konopińska, Danuta ^b   Rosiński, Grzegorz ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cardionhibitory activity; Heart contrctile activity; Led NPF I; Short NPFs; Structure activity relationships; Tenebrio molitor; Zophobas atratus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HISTIDINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; INSECT PROTEIN; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA NEUROPEPTIDE F 1; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA NEUROPEPTIDE F 1 [10 PARA NITROPHENYLALANINE]; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA NEUROPEPTIDE F 1 [10 PARA PHENYLALANINAMIDE]; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA NEUROPEPTIDE F 1 [10 PARA PHENYLALANINE DIMETHYLAMIDE]; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA NEUROPEPTIDE F 1 [10 TRYPTOPHAN]; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA NEUROPEPTIDE F 1 [2 HISTIDINE 7 HISTIDINE 9 HISTIDINE]; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA NEUROPEPTIDE F 1 [4 VALINE]; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA NEUROPEPTIDE F 1 [DEXTRO 4 PROLINE]; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART CONTRACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INOTROPISM; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; ZOPHOBAS ATRATUS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; HEART; PEPTIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TENEBRIO;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; ZOPHOBAS ATRATUS;

EID: 40749087624     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.933     Document Type: Article

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