A novel bradykinin-like peptide from skin secretions of the frog, Rana nigrovittata

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 626-630

  Liu, Xiuhong ^a   You, Dewen ^b,c   Chen, Lihua ^a   Wang, Xu ^a   Zhang, Keyun ^a   Lai, Ren ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Bradykinin like peptide; Rana nigrovittata; Ranakinin N; Skin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPHIBIAN PROTEIN; BRADYKININ; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RANAKININ N; TRYPTASE;

ADULT ANIMAL; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FROG; GENE INSERTION; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM CONTRACTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN SECRETION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRADYKININ; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENE LIBRARY; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CAVIA; RANA NIGROVITTATA; RANA SCHMACKERI;

EID: 44349189821     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.958     Document Type: Article

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