Cloning and characterization of a Caenorhabditis elegans cDNA encoding a new insulin/IGF-like peptide

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2678-2682

  Kawano, Tsuyoshi ^a   Takuwa, Kyoko ^b   Ishiguro, Masaji ^b   Nakajima, Terumi ^b   Kimura, Yasuo ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; cDNA cloning; Insulin like peptide; Receptor recognition; Tertiary structure

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INS 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; INS-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE LIBRARY; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544361916     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.2678     Document Type: Article

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