A neuromedin-pyrokinin-like neuropeptide signaling system in Caenorhabditis elegans

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 379, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 760-764

  Lindemans, Marleen ^a   Janssen, Tom ^a   Husson, Steven J ^a   Meelkop, Ellen ^a   Temmerman, Liesbet ^a   Clynen, Elke ^a   Mertens, Inge ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Capability peptides (CAPA); G protein coupled receptor (GPCR); Neuromedin U (NMU); Neuropeptides; Periviscerokinins (PVKs); Pyrokinins (PKs); Reverse pharmacology

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; NEUROMEDIN U; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN CAPABILITY; PROTEIN PYROKININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEUTEROSTOMIA; HEXAPODA; PROTOSTOMIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58549089326     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.12.121     Document Type: Article

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