Editorial

Peptides

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 647-648

  Vaudry, Hubert ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISTATIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; UROTENSIN II; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE HORMONE; UROTENSIN; UTS2D PROTEIN, HUMAN; UTS2R PROTEIN, HUMAN;

DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTONEURON; NEUROSECRETION; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TELEOST; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; UROTENSINS;

EID: 42149123480     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.01.010     Document Type: Editorial

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