FMRFamide-related peptides (FaRPs): A new family of peptides from amphibian defensive skin secretions

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 383, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 314-319

  Wang, Lei ^a   Smyth, Anita ^a   Johnsen, Anders H ^b   Zhou, Mei ^a   Chen, Tianbao ^a   Walker, Brian ^a   Shaw, Chris ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Cloning; Endectocide; Invertebrate; Neuropeptide; Peptide; Skin

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMYLGLYCYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCYL ARGINYLPHENYLALANINE AMIDE; ISOLEUCYLPROLYLPROLYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINE AMIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FROG; INVERTEBRATE; KASSINA MACULATA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLICTIMANTIS VERRUCOSUS; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN SECRETION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FMRFAMIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SKIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYPEROLIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; KASSINA MACULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349132409     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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